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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Marya say her marriage to Sergey affects her relationship with the world?
(a) It makes her vulnerable.
(b) It makes her oblivious.
(c) It makes her rhapsodic.
(d) It makes her curious.

2. What does Dmitri encounter in the Caucasus?
(a) Coarse locals.
(b) Bloody warfare.
(c) Dull routine at a military outpost.
(d) A complex culture.

3. What is Marya's first reaction to Sergey?
(a) Fascination.
(b) Resentment.
(c) Repulsion.
(d) Indifference.

4. What is the relationship between Christian Cossacks and Muslim Tartars?
(a) Mutual trust.
(b) Annihilating hatred.
(c) Commercial interdependence.
(d) Wariness.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are the Grebensk Cossacks descended from?

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

3. Whom did Lukashka think he killed?

4. What does Maryanka do when Dmitri returns to Russia?

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

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