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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Kreutzer Sonata.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Maryanka's response when Dmitri asks her whether they can marry?
(a) She pleads with him to let her marry Lukashka.
(b) She agrees.
(c) She tells him he is foolish.
(d) She refuses him.

2. When did Dmitri believe a barrier was broken between himself and Maryanka?
(a) At Beletsky's party.
(b) When he sees her baking bread.
(c) When he moves in with her family.
(d) When she tells him of her engagement to Lukashka.

3. What do Marya's boredom and depression turn into?
(a) Self-destructive behavior.
(b) Jealousy.
(c) Illness.
(d) Creativity.

4. How old is Marya Alexandrovna?
(a) 26.
(b) 14.
(c) 17.
(d) 21.

5. What is in Novomlinsk?
(a) The center of the Grebensk Cossack settlement.
(b) The Russian military outpost.
(c) The Turkish trading post.
(d) Muslim Tartars.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Pozdnyshev view his children?

2. How does Ivan Ilych's relationship with his wife change when he begins to work at the Court of Justice?

3. What were Pozdnyshev and his wife like in private together?

4. How does Tolstoy say Ivan Ilych felt upon taking his position at the Court of Justice?

5. How does Tolstoy say Ivan Ilych's mood changed during his illness?

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