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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Master and Man.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Ivan Ilych handle his illness?
(a) He applies for a pension and retires.
(b) He works less and less and reads and becomes philosophical.
(c) He still works, but it exhausts him.
(d) He sees doctor after doctor with no result.

2. What is it called when Vasili dies protecting Nikita?
(a) Irony.
(b) Foreshadowing.
(c) Dramatic irony.
(d) Justice.

3. What effect do visits to Moscow and Petersburg have on Marya's depression?
(a) They exacerbate the depression.
(b) Temporary relief.
(c) Complete relief.
(d) They make her genuinely ill.

4. How does Pozdnyshev see his marriage after a few weeks?
(a) As a sweet kind of teamwork.
(b) As a justification for misery.
(c) As a heavy burden.
(d) As a transcendent pleasure.

5. What are Ivan Ilych's symptoms of the illness that kills him?
(a) Hearing loss.
(b) Nausea.
(c) A strange taste in his mouth.
(d) Pain in his joints and neck.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Eugene Irtenev?

2. Who is Katya?

3. Who lives beyond the Muslim Tartars?

4. To whom does Eugene Irtenev confide his lustful thoughts about Stepanida?

5. Who is Dmitri Olenin?

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