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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Father Sergius.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Ivan Ilych handle his illness?
(a) He applies for a pension and retires.
(b) He still works, but it exhausts him.
(c) He works less and less and reads and becomes philosophical.
(d) He sees doctor after doctor with no result.

2. What role does Pozdnyshev's wife balk at?
(a) Seductress.
(b) Governess.
(c) Nursemaid.
(d) Nurturer.

3. How does Pozdnyshev's wife try to escape from her unhappiness?
(a) By gossiping.
(b) By singing.
(c) By having affairs.
(d) By playing piano.

4. What is Stepan Kasatsky's relation with the court of Emperor Nicholas I?
(a) Stepan Kasatsky's family was promoted to the nobility by Emperor Nicholas I.
(b) Stepan Kasatsky's father was an outstanding military officer.
(c) Stepan Kasatsky married an admiral's daughter.
(d) Stepan Kasatsky's mother was daughter of a high-ranking officer.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What doest Stepan Kasatsky tell Countess Korotkova?

2. What is Father Sergius's reason for wanting to be transferred out of the city?

3. How does Tolstoy describe Stepan Kasatsky's educational career?

4. Who is Stepan Kasatsky?

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

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