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

2. What aspect of Sergey's personality does Marya respond to?
(a) His brooding moods.
(b) His recklessness with money.
(c) His outgoing personality.
(d) His impassive good manners.

3. How would you describe the nature Dmitri expects to find in the Caucasus?
(a) Sublime.
(b) Domesticated.
(c) Exhausted.
(d) Fertile.

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

5. What does Maryanka do when Dmitri returns to Russia?
(a) She comes with him.
(b) She cries openly.
(c) She watches him from a prominent place where he can see her.
(d) She does not look at him.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Ivan Ilych's relationship with his wife change when he begins to work at the Court of Justice?

2. What does Dmitri encounter in the Caucasus?

3. How does Marya say her marriage to Sergey affects her relationship with the world?

4. What did Ivan Ilych find in place of death?

5. Who lives on the other side of the Terek River?

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