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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Alyosha the Pot.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Tolstoy describe Ivan Ilych's wife's temperament?
(a) Hard-working and content.
(b) Unreasonable and dissatisfied.
(c) Catatonic and silent.
(d) Shrewd and attentive.

2. What causes Sergey to declare that everything is over between himself and Marya?
(a) A jealous rage.
(b) Her affair with a Frenchman.
(c) Her suicide attempt.
(d) Her illness and depression.

3. How does Pozdnyshev view his children?
(a) As a torment.
(b) As angels.
(c) As a great burden.
(d) As consolation for his unhappy marriage.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What causes Father Sergius to leave the monastery?

2. With whom did the Grebensk Cossacks intermarry?

3. How does Pozdnyshev's wife try to escape from her unhappiness?

4. Who is Mukhorty?

5. Whom did Lukashka think he killed?

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