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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Dmitri dream about on his way to the Caucasus?
(a) A life of ease.
(b) Escape from prison.
(c) Freedom from persecution.
(d) A heroic future.

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

3. What do Marya's boredom and depression turn into?
(a) Jealousy.
(b) Self-destructive behavior.
(c) Creativity.
(d) Illness.

4. What effect does the Russian winter have on Marya?
(a) It rejuvenates her.
(b) It has no affect on her.
(c) It incenses her.
(d) It saps her.

5. What does Dmitri encounter in the Caucasus?
(a) Bloody warfare.
(b) Dull routine at a military outpost.
(c) A complex culture.
(d) Coarse locals.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Sergey Mikhaylych?

2. What does Marya say she got, in her marriage to Sergey?

3. What does Sergey tease Marya about?

4. What is in Novomlinsk?

5. What surprises Marya after her marriage to Sergey?

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