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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 go to the Caucasus?
(a) For a business deal.
(b) To look for adventure.
(c) To serve the Tsar.
(d) To escape from his debts.

2. What is the significance of the Terek River?
(a) It is where the regional authorities are centered.
(b) It is the boundary where Dmitri enters the Caucasus.
(c) It is the last civilized outpost before the wilderness.
(d) It is the heart of the Cossacks' territory.

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

4. What did Ivan Ilych find in place of death?
(a) Language.
(b) Light.
(c) Fury.
(d) God.

5. Who are the Grebensk Cossacks descended from?
(a) Original Russian migrants.
(b) Katherine the Great.
(c) Tartars.
(d) Alexander the Great.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is Dmitri Olenin?

3. Who does Eugene Irtenev's mother want him to marry?

4. How does marriage make Eugene Irtenev's life easier?

5. What is Dmitri's relation with Maryanka?

(see the answer key)

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