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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 topics does Sergey capture Marya's curiosity about?
(a) New technology.
(b) International politics.
(c) Planting crops.
(d) The plight of workers.

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

3. What does Tolstoy say Dmitri hopes to find in the Caucasus?
(a) Escape from his wife.
(b) His daughter.
(c) The perfect woman.
(d) Riches.

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

5. Who is Praskovya Federovna?
(a) Ivan Ilych's mother.
(b) Ivan Ilych's wife.
(c) Ivan Ilych's lover.
(d) Ivan Ilych's sister.

Short Answer Questions

1. What convinces Ivan Ilych that death is getting close?

2. How does Ivan Ilych feel about his life as he reviews it from his deathbed?

3. How does Tolstoy say Ivan Ilych's mood changed during his illness?

4. What is Marya's first reaction to Sergey?

5. How does Tolstoy describe Dmitri's thoughts about love?

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