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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is Dmitri's relation with Maryanka?
(a) Flirtation.
(b) Animosity.
(c) Competition.
(d) Devotion.

4. What is the relationship between Christian Cossacks and Muslim Tartars?
(a) Commercial interdependence.
(b) Mutual trust.
(c) Annihilating hatred.
(d) Wariness.

5. What causes Marya Alexandrovna's depression?
(a) Her father's drunkenness.
(b) Her husband's death.
(c) Her mother's death.
(d) Her brother's illness.

Short Answer Questions

1. What political stance do the Muslim Tartars typically take?

2. Where does Marya yearn for through the winter?

3. Who is Katya?

4. What does Dmitri dream about on his way to the Caucasus?

5. When does the relationship between Marya and Sergey turn romantic?

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