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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does the relationship between Marya and Sergey turn romantic?
(a) In May.
(b) In the winter.
(c) In August.
(d) Over the summer.

2. Who are the Grebensk Cossacks descended from?
(a) Alexander the Great.
(b) Tartars.
(c) Original Russian migrants.
(d) Katherine the Great.

3. What does Marya find after she gives birth?
(a) A sharp impatience.
(b) A new kind of happiness.
(c) Greater depression.
(d) A deeper religious sense.

4. Where do Eugene Irtenev and Stepanida meet?
(a) In his apartments.
(b) In an inn.
(c) In her house.
(d) In the grasses.

5. What happens when Ivan Ilych becomes ill?
(a) He returns to his hometown.
(b) His wife ceases to fight with him to take care of him.
(c) He loses his salary and begins to struggle.
(d) He and his wife resume fighting.

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

7. What political stance do the Muslim Tartars typically take?
(a) Pro-independence.
(b) Anti-Russian.
(c) Pro-Turkish.
(d) Pro-Russian.

8. How does Tolstoy say Ivan Ilych's mood changed during his illness?
(a) He became religious.
(b) He became peaceful.
(c) He became angry.
(d) He became irritable.

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

10. What did Ivan Ilych do when he took his second position?
(a) Start having affairs.
(b) Buy expensive clothes.
(c) Begin to drink.
(d) Begin to gamble.

11. How long was Ivan Ilych in his position before he was appointed to the position of public prosecutor in another town?
(a) Seven years.
(b) Three years.
(c) Twelve years.
(d) One year.

12. What is Maryanka's response when Dmitri asks her whether they can marry?
(a) She tells him he is foolish.
(b) She agrees.
(c) She pleads with him to let her marry Lukashka.
(d) She refuses him.

13. Why does Eugene Irtenev move to the Semenov estate?
(a) To care for his mother.
(b) To implement new laws.
(c) To see to some repairs.
(d) To intervene in a conflict with the tenants.

14. Who introduces Eugene Irtenev to Stepanida?
(a) Eugene Irtenev's minister.
(b) Old Daniel.
(c) Liza Annenskaya.
(d) Eugene Irtenev's commanding officer.

15. Who is Katya?
(a) A governess.
(b) A milliner.
(c) A shop girl.
(d) A seamstress.

Short Answer Questions

1. What effect does the Russian winter have on Marya?

2. Who lives on the other side of the Terek River?

3. How old is Marya Alexandrovna?

4. Whom did Lukashka think he killed?

5. Who lives beyond the Muslim Tartars?

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