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

2. Where does Marya yearn for through the winter?
(a) Moscow.
(b) Greece.
(c) Paris.
(d) Petersburg.

3. How does Tolstoy describe Marya and Sergey's feelings for each other?
(a) Head over heels in love.
(b) Resentful.
(c) Indifferent to each other.
(d) Respectful and moderately affectionate.

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

5. What convinces Ivan Ilych that death is getting close?
(a) His teeth fall out.
(b) He falls out of bed.
(c) He ceases to sleep.
(d) He falls on the way to the toilet.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Dmitri's relation with Maryanka?

2. What are Ivan Ilych's symptoms of the illness that kills him?

3. Who does Marya live with at the beginning of "Family Happiness"?

4. Who is Dmitri Olenin?

5. When does the relationship between Marya and Sergey turn romantic?

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