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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 aspect of Sergey's personality does Marya respond to?
(a) His impassive good manners.
(b) His brooding moods.
(c) His outgoing personality.
(d) His recklessness with money.

2. What convinces Ivan Ilych that death is getting close?
(a) He falls on the way to the toilet.
(b) He ceases to sleep.
(c) His teeth fall out.
(d) He falls out of bed.

3. Who did Lukashka actual kill?
(a) A Christian.
(b) A Tartar.
(c) A Chechen.
(d) A Russian.

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

5. What does Ivan Ilych ultimately realize about his wife?
(a) That he loves her.
(b) That he hates her.
(c) The she will not be able to live without him.
(d) That he cannot live without her.

Short Answer Questions

1. How would you describe the nature Dmitri expects to find in the Caucasus?

2. Who are the Grebensk Cossacks descended from?

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

4. Who lives beyond the Muslim Tartars?

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

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