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

2. What does Tolstoy say Dmitri hopes to find in the Caucasus?
(a) The perfect woman.
(b) His daughter.
(c) Escape from his wife.
(d) Riches.

3. What effect does the Russian winter have on Marya?
(a) It has no affect on her.
(b) It incenses her.
(c) It rejuvenates her.
(d) It saps her.

4. What did Ivan Ilych find in place of death?
(a) Language.
(b) Fury.
(c) Light.
(d) God.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ivan Ilych do after his first child is born?

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

3. Where does Marya yearn for through the winter?

4. How does marriage make Eugene Irtenev's life easier?

5. What topics does Sergey capture Marya's curiosity about?

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