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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Ivan Ilych do when he took his second position?
(a) Begin to drink.
(b) Begin to gamble.
(c) Buy expensive clothes.
(d) Start having affairs.

2. What does Marya say she got, in her marriage to Sergey?
(a) A life of struggle.
(b) A life of art.
(c) A life of troubles.
(d) A life of ease.

3. Who is Vanyusha?
(a) Dmitri's servant.
(b) Dmitri's father.
(c) Dmitri's brother.
(d) Dmitri's commanding officer.

4. What does Tolstoy say Marya and Sergey each believe about the other?
(a) That they are independent.
(b) That they are perfect.
(c) That they each depend on the other.
(d) That they are flawed.

5. How does Tolstoy describe the force that overcomes Eugene Irtenev's reticence about meeting a married woman?
(a) The dehumanizing desire.
(b) Red-blooded need for sex.
(c) Corrupt desire.
(d) The shameful decision.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who lives on the other side of the Terek River?

2. Why did Liza Annenskaya hire Stepanida?

3. Who is Ivan Ilych at the beginning of "The Death of Ivan Ilych"?

4. How does Ivan Ilych feel about his life as he reviews it from his deathbed?

5. What was Ivan Ilych promoted to after three years in his second position?

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