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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Kreutzer Sonata.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens when Ivan Ilych becomes ill?
(a) His wife ceases to fight with him to take care of him.
(b) He returns to his hometown.
(c) He and his wife resume fighting.
(d) He loses his salary and begins to struggle.

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

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

4. When did Dmitri believe a barrier was broken between himself and Maryanka?
(a) When he moves in with her family.
(b) At Beletsky's party.
(c) When he sees her baking bread.
(d) When she tells him of her engagement to Lukashka.

5. How does Tolstoy describe the force that overcomes Eugene Irtenev's reticence about meeting a married woman?
(a) Red-blooded need for sex.
(b) Corrupt desire.
(c) The shameful decision.
(d) The dehumanizing desire.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Marya find after she gives birth?

2. When does the relationship between Marya and Sergey turn romantic?

3. Who did Lukashka actual kill?

4. Where did Ivan Ilych get appointed to the Court of Justice?

5. How does Pozdnyshev describe his union with his wife?

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