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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 significance of the Terek River?
(a) It is the boundary where Dmitri enters the Caucasus.
(b) It is where the regional authorities are centered.
(c) It is the last civilized outpost before the wilderness.
(d) It is the heart of the Cossacks' territory.

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

3. Why does Dmitri return home quickly after hunting?
(a) Fear of Chechen reprisals.
(b) Fear of wild boars.
(c) Fear of a Tartar attack.
(d) Fear of Lukashka.

4. What causes Sergey to declare that everything is over between himself and Marya?
(a) Her affair with a Frenchman.
(b) A jealous rage.
(c) Her illness and depression.
(d) Her suicide attempt.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What effect do visits to Moscow and Petersburg have on Marya's depression?

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

3. How does Marya say her marriage to Sergey affects her relationship with the world?

4. Who is Vanyusha?

5. Who is Katya?

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