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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What causes Sergey to say that he and Marya must return to the country?
(a) His finances.
(b) His affair with a girl in Moscow.
(c) Her pregnancy.
(d) Her illness.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Dmitri believe a barrier was broken between himself and Maryanka?

2. What is the relationship between Christian Cossacks and Muslim Tartars?

3. What surprises Marya after her marriage to Sergey?

4. Who are the Grebensk Cossacks descended from?

5. What does Sergey tease Marya about?

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