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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 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) 5,000 rubles.
(d) 2,500 rubles.

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

3. What is Maryanka's response when Dmitri asks her whether they can marry?
(a) She agrees.
(b) She refuses him.
(c) She tells him he is foolish.
(d) She pleads with him to let her marry Lukashka.

4. What is Marya's first reaction to Sergey?
(a) Fascination.
(b) Indifference.
(c) Resentment.
(d) Repulsion.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Marya's boredom and depression turn into?

2. What is in Novomlinsk?

3. With whom did the Grebensk Cossacks intermarry?

4. How does Tolstoy describe Marya and Sergey's feelings for each other?

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

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