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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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 and his wife resume fighting.
(d) He loses his salary and begins to struggle.

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

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

5. Why did Liza Annenskaya hire Stepanida?
(a) To weave tapestries.
(b) To teach the child.
(c) To nurse her baby.
(d) To clean the house.

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

7. Who is Sergey Mikhaylych?
(a) A peasant.
(b) A friend of Marya's father's.
(c) Marya's brother.
(d) An overseer on Marya's family's estate.

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

9. How does Tolstoy describe the force that overcomes Eugene Irtenev's reticence about meeting a married woman?
(a) Corrupt desire.
(b) The shameful decision.
(c) The dehumanizing desire.
(d) Red-blooded need for sex.

10. How does Ivan Ilych begin his career?
(a) As a clerk.
(b) As a provincial magistrate.
(c) As a foot soldier.
(d) As an intern.

11. Who does Marya live with at the beginning of "Family Happiness"?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her husband.
(c) Her children.
(d) Her sister and a family friend.

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

13. What causes Sergey to say that he and Marya must return to the country?
(a) Her pregnancy.
(b) Her illness.
(c) His finances.
(d) His affair with a girl in Moscow.

14. Who is Eugene Irtenev?
(a) A doctor.
(b) A lawyer.
(c) A minister.
(d) A printer.

15. When did Dmitri believe a barrier was broken between himself and Maryanka?
(a) When he sees her baking bread.
(b) When he moves in with her family.
(c) When she tells him of her engagement to Lukashka.
(d) At Beletsky's party.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom did the Grebensk Cossacks intermarry?

2. What is Dmitri's relation with Maryanka?

3. What causes Marya Alexandrovna's depression?

4. How does Tolstoy say Ivan Ilych's mood changed during his illness?

5. How does Marya see herself in relation to Sergey, once she begins to be depressed?

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