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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. What does Maryanka do when Dmitri returns to Russia?
(a) She comes with him.
(b) She does not look at him.
(c) She cries openly.
(d) She watches him from a prominent place where he can see her.

2. 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.

3. Who are the Grebensk Cossacks descended from?
(a) Original Russian migrants.
(b) Alexander the Great.
(c) Katherine the Great.
(d) Tartars.

4. What political stance do the Muslim Tartars typically take?
(a) Pro-Turkish.
(b) Pro-independence.
(c) Pro-Russian.
(d) Anti-Russian.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Ivan Ilych handle his illness?

2. Where does Marya yearn for through the winter?

3. What is the relationship between Christian Cossacks and Muslim Tartars?

4. How does Marya say her marriage to Sergey affects her relationship with the world?

5. What does Sergey tease Marya about?

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