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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Pozdnyshev's wife say she was depressed?
(a) She did not love him.
(b) She could see he did not love her.
(c) She could not have children.
(d) She did not like the town they moved to.

2. Who is Vanyusha?
(a) Dmitri's commanding officer.
(b) Dmitri's brother.
(c) Dmitri's servant.
(d) Dmitri's father.

3. Who found Nikita after the snow storm?
(a) Townspeople.
(b) Passers-by.
(c) Vasili's servants.
(d) People from the Semenov estate.

4. What does Eugene Irtenev become restless for when he moves to the Semenov estate?
(a) Modernity.
(b) Horse racing.
(c) Women.
(d) Petersburg.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom did Lukashka think he killed?

2. What doest Stepan Kasatsky tell Countess Korotkova?

3. What does Murad ultimately plan to do?

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

5. Who is Katya?

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