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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who lives beyond the Muslim Tartars?
(a) Lawless mountain people.
(b) Russians.
(c) Turks.
(d) Christian Cossacks.

2. What does Marya find after she gives birth?
(a) A sharp impatience.
(b) A new kind of happiness.
(c) Greater depression.
(d) A deeper religious sense.

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

4. What does Sergey tease Marya about?
(a) Her housekeeping.
(b) Her ignorance of French literature.
(c) Her coquettish nature.
(d) Her dark sense of humor.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the significance of the Terek River?

2. How old is Marya Alexandrovna?

3. Who did Lukashka actual kill?

4. Who does Marya live with at the beginning of "Family Happiness"?

5. Who are the Grebensk Cossacks descended from?

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