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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where did Ivan Ilych get appointed to the Court of Justice?
(a) Petersburg.
(b) Kursk.
(c) Volgograd.
(d) Moscow.

3. How does Tolstoy describe Marya and Sergey's feelings for each other?
(a) Indifferent to each other.
(b) Resentful.
(c) Respectful and moderately affectionate.
(d) Head over heels in love.

4. What does Dmitri dream about on his way to the Caucasus?
(a) Escape from prison.
(b) A heroic future.
(c) A life of ease.
(d) Freedom from persecution.

5. Why was Liza Annenskaya confined to bed?
(a) She was having fits.
(b) She tripped crossing a ditch.
(c) She was taken ill.
(d) She was having complications of her pregnancy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Mukhorty?

2. How does Pozdnyshev describe his marriage as he sees it in post-coital reflection?

3. How does Pozdnyshev describe his union with his wife?

4. What is the significance of the Terek River?

5. What did the Tsar suggest to do with Murad?

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