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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Dmitri return home quickly after hunting?
(a) Fear of wild boars.
(b) Fear of Chechen reprisals.
(c) Fear of a Tartar attack.
(d) Fear of Lukashka.

2. What does Tolstoy say Dmitri hopes to find in the Caucasus?
(a) His daughter.
(b) Riches.
(c) Escape from his wife.
(d) The perfect woman.

3. Who does Marya live with at the beginning of "Family Happiness"?
(a) Her sister and a family friend.
(b) Her husband.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her children.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Marya see herself in relation to Sergey, once she begins to be depressed?

2. Why does Eugene Irtenev move to the Semenov estate?

3. What does Sergey tease Marya about?

4. What does Ivan Ilych ultimately realize about his wife?

5. What causes Sergey to declare that everything is over between himself and Marya?

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