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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. How does Ivan Ilych handle his illness?
(a) He works less and less and reads and becomes philosophical.
(b) He applies for a pension and retires.
(c) He sees doctor after doctor with no result.
(d) He still works, but it exhausts him.

2. How does Marya say her marriage to Sergey affects her relationship with the world?
(a) It makes her oblivious.
(b) It makes her rhapsodic.
(c) It makes her vulnerable.
(d) It makes her curious.

3. What was Ivan Ilych promoted to after three years in his second position?
(a) Judge.
(b) Surgeon.
(c) Provincial director.
(d) Assistant public prosecutor.

4. What causes Sergey to declare that everything is over between himself and Marya?
(a) A jealous rage.
(b) Her suicide attempt.
(c) Her illness and depression.
(d) Her affair with a Frenchman.

5. Who are the Grebensk Cossacks descended from?
(a) Katherine the Great.
(b) Alexander the Great.
(c) Original Russian migrants.
(d) Tartars.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Dmitri go to the Caucasus?

2. Why does Dmitri return home quickly after hunting?

3. Who is Katya?

4. Where does Marya yearn for through the winter?

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

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