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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Death of Ivan Ilych.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Tolstoy say Marya and Sergey each believe about the other?
(a) That they each depend on the other.
(b) That they are flawed.
(c) That they are perfect.
(d) That they are independent.

2. What does Ivan Ilych do after his first child is born?
(a) Separate himself from the house.
(b) Consume himself with work.
(c) Devote himself to his wife.
(d) Begin to drink.

3. What did Ivan Ilych find in place of death?
(a) Light.
(b) God.
(c) Fury.
(d) Language.

4. Who did Lukashka actual kill?
(a) A Christian.
(b) A Tartar.
(c) A Russian.
(d) A Chechen.

5. Who is Katya?
(a) A governess.
(b) A milliner.
(c) A seamstress.
(d) A shop girl.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Marya see herself in relation to Sergey, once she begins to be depressed?

2. What does Ivan Ilych develop a passion for?

3. Why does Dmitri return home quickly after hunting?

4. Why does Marya's depression return?

5. Who lives beyond the Muslim Tartars?

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