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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Liza Annenskaya hire Stepanida?
(a) To weave tapestries.
(b) To teach the child.
(c) To clean the house.
(d) To nurse her baby.

2. What did Ivan Ilych do when he took his second position?
(a) Start having affairs.
(b) Begin to drink.
(c) Buy expensive clothes.
(d) Begin to gamble.

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

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

5. How long was Ivan Ilych in his position before he was appointed to the position of public prosecutor in another town?
(a) Three years.
(b) Seven years.
(c) One year.
(d) Twelve years.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom did Lukashka think he killed?

2. What does Tolstoy say Marya and Sergey each believe about the other?

3. With whom did the Grebensk Cossacks intermarry?

4. What does Marya say she got, in her marriage to Sergey?

5. Who is Eugene Irtenev?

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