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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Devil.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Eugene Irtenev become restless for when he moves to the Semenov estate?
(a) Petersburg.
(b) Women.
(c) Modernity.
(d) Horse racing.

2. How does Tolstoy say Liza Annenskaya acts on her jealousy?
(a) She has affairs of her own.
(b) She controls it.
(c) She becomes depressed.
(d) She flies into rages.

3. How does Tolstoy say Cossack men view their wives?
(a) As beasts of burden.
(b) As equals.
(c) As goddesses.
(d) As warriors.

4. How does Tolstoy describe the force that overcomes Eugene Irtenev's reticence about meeting a married woman?
(a) The shameful decision.
(b) Red-blooded need for sex.
(c) Corrupt desire.
(d) The dehumanizing desire.

5. What is Maryanka's response when Dmitri asks her whether they can marry?
(a) She pleads with him to let her marry Lukashka.
(b) She refuses him.
(c) She tells him he is foolish.
(d) She agrees.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who lives beyond the Muslim Tartars?

3. What does Marya find after she gives birth?

4. Who is Ivan Ilych at the beginning of "The Death of Ivan Ilych"?

5. What is Dmitri's relation with Maryanka?

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