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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What effect does the Russian winter have on Marya?
(a) It saps her.
(b) It incenses her.
(c) It has no affect on her.
(d) It rejuvenates her.

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

3. Who did Lukashka actual kill?
(a) A Tartar.
(b) A Russian.
(c) A Christian.
(d) A Chechen.

4. What causes Marya Alexandrovna's depression?
(a) Her husband's death.
(b) Her father's drunkenness.
(c) Her mother's death.
(d) Her brother's illness.

5. What effect do visits to Moscow and Petersburg have on Marya's depression?
(a) Complete relief.
(b) They make her genuinely ill.
(c) They exacerbate the depression.
(d) Temporary relief.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Marya say she got, in her marriage to Sergey?

2. How would you describe the nature Dmitri expects to find in the Caucasus?

3. How does Tolstoy say Cossack men view their wives?

4. When did Dmitri believe a barrier was broken between himself and Maryanka?

5. What causes Sergey to say that he and Marya must return to the country?

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