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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How does Tolstoy describe Dmitri's thoughts about love?
(a) Naïve.
(b) Romantic.
(c) Cynical.
(d) Hopeful.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are the Grebensk Cossacks descended from?

2. What does Dmitri encounter in the Caucasus?

3. What surprises Marya after her marriage to Sergey?

4. Why does Dmitri go to the Caucasus?

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

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