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

2. Who is Sergey Mikhaylych?
(a) A friend of Marya's father's.
(b) Marya's brother.
(c) An overseer on Marya's family's estate.
(d) A peasant.

3. What does Dmitri dream about on his way to the Caucasus?
(a) A heroic future.
(b) A life of ease.
(c) Freedom from persecution.
(d) Escape from prison.

4. When did Dmitri believe a barrier was broken between himself and Maryanka?
(a) When he moves in with her family.
(b) When he sees her baking bread.
(c) When she tells him of her engagement to Lukashka.
(d) At Beletsky's party.

5. How does Ivan Ilych handle his illness?
(a) He works less and less and reads and becomes philosophical.
(b) He sees doctor after doctor with no result.
(c) He still works, but it exhausts him.
(d) He applies for a pension and retires.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Marya's boredom and depression turn into?

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

3. How does Tolstoy say Ivan Ilych felt upon taking his position at the Court of Justice?

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

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

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