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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Cossacks.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the relationship between Christian Cossacks and Muslim Tartars?
(a) Mutual trust.
(b) Wariness.
(c) Commercial interdependence.
(d) Annihilating hatred.

2. Who is Katya?
(a) A seamstress.
(b) A governess.
(c) A shop girl.
(d) A milliner.

3. When did Dmitri believe a barrier was broken between himself and Maryanka?
(a) At Beletsky's party.
(b) When she tells him of her engagement to Lukashka.
(c) When he moves in with her family.
(d) When he sees her baking bread.

4. Who does Marya live with at the beginning of "Family Happiness"?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her sister and a family friend.
(c) Her husband.
(d) Her children.

5. How old is Marya Alexandrovna?
(a) 21.
(b) 17.
(c) 14.
(d) 26.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who lives beyond the Muslim Tartars?

2. What does Tolstoy say Dmitri hopes to find in the Caucasus?

3. Who is Vanyusha?

4. What causes Sergey to say that he and Marya must return to the country?

5. What is Maryanka's response when Dmitri asks her whether they can marry?

(see the answer key)

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