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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Marya yearn for through the winter?
(a) Moscow.
(b) Petersburg.
(c) Greece.
(d) Paris.

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

3. What aspect of Sergey's personality does Marya respond to?
(a) His brooding moods.
(b) His recklessness with money.
(c) His outgoing personality.
(d) His impassive good manners.

4. What was Ivan Ilych's salary on the Court of Justice?
(a) 5,000 rubles a year.
(b) 3,500 rubles a year.
(c) 1,500 rubles a year.
(d) 2,000 rubles a year.

5. What is Dmitri's relation with Maryanka?
(a) Devotion.
(b) Flirtation.
(c) Animosity.
(d) Competition.

Short Answer Questions

1. What surprises Marya after her marriage to Sergey?

2. How does Ivan Ilych handle his illness?

3. Why does Dmitri go to the Caucasus?

4. How does Tolstoy say Ivan Ilych felt upon taking his position at the Court of Justice?

5. What did Ivan Ilych do when he took his second position?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Eugene Irtenev and where does he live at the beginning of the story?

2. What kinds of problems does Ivan Ilych have with Praskovya Federovna, his wife?

3. Which ending of "The Devil" seems to be preferable?

4. What does Dmitri discover about the Chechens?

5. What is the relationship between the Grebensk Cossacks and the Muslim Tartars?

6. What does Ivan Ilych learn on his deathbed?

7. Describe the beginning of Marya's relationship with Sergey.

8. What intrudes to make Marya unhappy?

9. What does Dmitri Olenin think he will find in the Caucasus?

10. How does Tolstoy describe Eugene Irtenev's marriage with Liza Annenskaya?

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