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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How much was Ivan Ilych given for moving expenses to get to his Court of Justice appointment?
(a) 3,500 rubles.
(b) 5,000 rubles.
(c) 1,500 rubles.
(d) 2,500 rubles.

3. How does Ivan Ilych handle his illness?
(a) He still works, but it exhausts him.
(b) He works less and less and reads and becomes philosophical.
(c) He sees doctor after doctor with no result.
(d) He applies for a pension and retires.

4. How would you describe the nature Dmitri expects to find in the Caucasus?
(a) Exhausted.
(b) Domesticated.
(c) Sublime.
(d) Fertile.

5. What effect do visits to Moscow and Petersburg have on Marya's depression?
(a) Complete relief.
(b) They exacerbate the depression.
(c) Temporary relief.
(d) They make her genuinely ill.

6. What does Sergey tease Marya about?
(a) Her housekeeping.
(b) Her coquettish nature.
(c) Her dark sense of humor.
(d) Her ignorance of French literature.

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

8. How does Tolstoy describe conjugal relations with Eugene Irtenev and his wife?
(a) Passionate.
(b) Humiliating.
(c) Dutiful.
(d) Painful.

9. How does Marya say her marriage to Sergey affects her relationship with the world?
(a) It makes her curious.
(b) It makes her rhapsodic.
(c) It makes her oblivious.
(d) It makes her vulnerable.

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

11. What was Ivan Ilych's salary on the Court of Justice?
(a) 2,000 rubles a year.
(b) 3,500 rubles a year.
(c) 5,000 rubles a year.
(d) 1,500 rubles a year.

12. Who lives on the other side of the Terek River?
(a) Turks.
(b) Grebensk Cossacks.
(c) Muslim Tartars.
(d) Russians.

13. Why does Marya's depression return?
(a) Winter.
(b) Her brother comes to visit.
(c) Sergey leave for a trip.
(d) Her mother dies.

14. To whom does Eugene Irtenev confide his lustful thoughts about Stepanida?
(a) Liza Annenskaya.
(b) His minister.
(c) Stepanida.
(d) His uncle.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Ivan Ilych find in place of death?

2. How does Tolstoy describe Dmitri's thoughts about love?

3. Who is Sergey Mikhaylych?

4. What was Ivan Ilych promoted to after three years in his second position?

5. What causes Marya Alexandrovna's depression?

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