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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 old is Marya Alexandrovna?
(a) 26.
(b) 14.
(c) 17.
(d) 21.

2. Whom did Lukashka think he killed?
(a) A Russian.
(b) A Chechen.
(c) A Tartar.
(d) A Turk.

3. How does Ivan Ilych's relationship with his wife change when he begins to work at the Court of Justice?
(a) They separate.
(b) They declare a truce.
(c) They resume hostilities.
(d) They fall out of love.

4. What is in Novomlinsk?
(a) The center of the Grebensk Cossack settlement.
(b) Muslim Tartars.
(c) The Russian military outpost.
(d) The Turkish trading post.

5. Who is Vanyusha?
(a) Dmitri's servant.
(b) Dmitri's brother.
(c) Dmitri's commanding officer.
(d) Dmitri's father.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tolstoy say Marya and Sergey each believe about the other?

2. What does Marya say she got, in her marriage to Sergey?

3. Why does Marya's depression return?

4. What effect does the Russian winter have on Marya?

5. What does Maryanka do when Dmitri returns to Russia?

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