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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 surprises Marya after her marriage to Sergey?
(a) The loss of privacy and self-possession.
(b) The continual work and sacrifice.
(c) The absence of work and sacrifice.
(d) The new importance of self-sacrifice.

2. With whom did the Grebensk Cossacks intermarry?
(a) Greeks.
(b) Russians.
(c) Chechens.
(d) Georgians.

3. How much was Ivan Ilych given for moving expenses to get to his Court of Justice appointment?
(a) 3,500 rubles.
(b) 1,500 rubles.
(c) 2,500 rubles.
(d) 5,000 rubles.

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

5. What are Ivan Ilych's symptoms of the illness that kills him?
(a) Hearing loss.
(b) A strange taste in his mouth.
(c) Pain in his joints and neck.
(d) Nausea.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Ivan Ilych do after his first child is born?

3. What is Dmitri's relation with Maryanka?

4. How long after their wedding was Pozdnyshev's wife depressed?

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

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