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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ivan Ilych develop a passion for?
(a) Bridge.
(b) Courtesans.
(c) Roulette.
(d) Horse-racing.

2. What does Marya find after she gives birth?
(a) A new kind of happiness.
(b) Greater depression.
(c) A deeper religious sense.
(d) A sharp impatience.

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

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

5. Why does Marya's depression return?
(a) Sergey leave for a trip.
(b) Her brother comes to visit.
(c) Winter.
(d) Her mother dies.

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

7. How does Tolstoy describe Ivan Ilych's wife's temperament?
(a) Shrewd and attentive.
(b) Catatonic and silent.
(c) Unreasonable and dissatisfied.
(d) Hard-working and content.

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

9. Whom did Lukashka think he killed?
(a) A Russian.
(b) A Tartar.
(c) A Chechen.
(d) A Turk.

10. What does Ivan Ilych ultimately realize about his wife?
(a) The she will not be able to live without him.
(b) That he hates her.
(c) That he loves her.
(d) That he cannot live without her.

11. How does Ivan Ilych feel about his life as he reviews it from his deathbed?
(a) He forgives himself.
(b) He is revolted.
(c) He is grateful for all his opportunities.
(d) He decides he would not do anything differently.

12. Where do Eugene Irtenev and Stepanida meet?
(a) In her house.
(b) In his apartments.
(c) In an inn.
(d) In the grasses.

13. Who does Eugene Irtenev's mother want him to marry?
(a) Liza Annenskaya.
(b) Stepanida.
(c) Someone with money.
(d) Someone with a title.

14. Who lives on the other side of the Terek River?
(a) Muslim Tartars.
(b) Grebensk Cossacks.
(c) Russians.
(d) Turks.

15. How does Tolstoy describe Dmitri's thoughts about love?
(a) Hopeful.
(b) Naïve.
(c) Cynical.
(d) Romantic.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who lives beyond the Muslim Tartars?

2. What effect do visits to Moscow and Petersburg have on Marya's depression?

3. Who are the Grebensk Cossacks descended from?

4. How much was Ivan Ilych given for moving expenses to get to his Court of Justice appointment?

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

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