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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Ivan Ilych get appointed to the Court of Justice?
(a) Kursk.
(b) Volgograd.
(c) Moscow.
(d) Petersburg.

2. What doest Stepan Kasatsky tell Countess Korotkova?
(a) That he would kill her if he ever found out she betrayed him.
(b) That his love for her scared him.
(c) That she made him a better person.
(d) That he was terribly devoted.

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

4. Who is Ivan Ilych at the beginning of "The Death of Ivan Ilych"?
(a) A soldier.
(b) A bureaucrat.
(c) A doctor.
(d) A law school graduate.

5. What causes Father Sergius to leave the monastery?
(a) A woman who seduced his spiritual leader.
(b) A woman who seduces him.
(c) A woman who refuses him.
(d) A woman who tempts him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Pozdnyshev tell his story to?

2. What are Ivan Ilych's symptoms of the illness that kills him?

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

4. How does Tolstoy say Ivan Ilych's wife demonstrated mental problems?

5. What happened to Stepan Kasatsky when his father died?

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