View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the significance of the Terek River?
(a) It is where the regional authorities are centered.
(b) It is the last civilized outpost before the wilderness.
(c) It is the boundary where Dmitri enters the Caucasus.
(d) It is the heart of the Cossacks' territory.

2. What was Ivan Ilych promoted to after three years in his second position?
(a) Surgeon.
(b) Provincial director.
(c) Judge.
(d) Assistant public prosecutor.

3. What surprises Marya after her marriage to Sergey?
(a) The absence of work and sacrifice.
(b) The loss of privacy and self-possession.
(c) The continual work and sacrifice.
(d) The new importance of self-sacrifice.

4. How does Marya see herself in relation to Sergey, once she begins to be depressed?
(a) As an afterthought.
(b) As a nuisance.
(c) As a goddess.
(d) As a mother.

5. Who is Ivan Ilych at the beginning of "The Death of Ivan Ilych"?
(a) A bureaucrat.
(b) A doctor.
(c) A law school graduate.
(d) A soldier.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Ivan Ilych ultimately realize about his wife?

3. How does Tolstoy describe Marya and Sergey's feelings for each other?

4. Who is Praskovya Federovna?

5. When did Dmitri believe a barrier was broken between himself and Maryanka?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 283 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample