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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Ivan Ilych feel about his life as he reviews it from his deathbed?
(a) He is grateful for all his opportunities.
(b) He is revolted.
(c) He forgives himself.
(d) He decides he would not do anything differently.

3. Why does Marya's depression return?
(a) Winter.
(b) Her brother comes to visit.
(c) Her mother dies.
(d) Sergey leave for a trip.

4. How does Tolstoy say Ivan Ilych felt upon taking his position at the Court of Justice?
(a) Anxious and depressed.
(b) Proud and apprehensive.
(c) Content and happy.
(d) Miserable and filled with dread.

5. What causes Sergey to say that he and Marya must return to the country?
(a) His finances.
(b) Her pregnancy.
(c) His affair with a girl in Moscow.
(d) Her illness.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Lukashka actual kill?

2. What is Maryanka's response when Dmitri asks her whether they can marry?

3. Does Stepanida have Eugene Irtenev's child?

4. How does Ivan Ilych handle his illness?

5. Who does Eugene Irtenev's mother want him to marry?

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