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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Death of Ivan Ilych.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How would you describe the nature Dmitri expects to find in the Caucasus?
(a) Domesticated.
(b) Exhausted.
(c) Sublime.
(d) Fertile.

2. Who is Ivan Ilych at the beginning of "The Death of Ivan Ilych"?
(a) A law school graduate.
(b) A bureaucrat.
(c) A soldier.
(d) A doctor.

3. What did Ivan Ilych do when he took his second position?
(a) Buy expensive clothes.
(b) Start having affairs.
(c) Begin to gamble.
(d) Begin to drink.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Vanyusha?

2. Who lives on the other side of the Terek River?

3. What is Marya's first reaction to Sergey?

4. Where did Ivan Ilych get appointed to the Court of Justice?

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

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