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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Marya say she got, in her marriage to Sergey?
(a) A life of art.
(b) A life of ease.
(c) A life of struggle.
(d) A life of troubles.

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

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

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

6. Where does Marya yearn for through the winter?
(a) Paris.
(b) Greece.
(c) Petersburg.
(d) Moscow.

7. What did Ivan Ilych do in his second job?
(a) Implement new laws.
(b) Root out corruption.
(c) Work the jail.
(d) Represent clients in the courts.

8. What aspect of Sergey's personality does Marya respond to?
(a) His outgoing personality.
(b) His recklessness with money.
(c) His brooding moods.
(d) His impassive good manners.

9. 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 is grateful for all his opportunities.
(d) He forgives himself.

10. What surprises Marya after her marriage to Sergey?
(a) The continual work and sacrifice.
(b) The new importance of self-sacrifice.
(c) The loss of privacy and self-possession.
(d) The absence of work and sacrifice.

11. 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.

12. What convinces Ivan Ilych that death is getting close?
(a) He ceases to sleep.
(b) His teeth fall out.
(c) He falls on the way to the toilet.
(d) He falls out of bed.

13. What causes Marya Alexandrovna's depression?
(a) Her brother's illness.
(b) Her husband's death.
(c) Her father's drunkenness.
(d) Her mother's death.

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

15. What effect does the Russian winter have on Marya?
(a) It incenses her.
(b) It rejuvenates her.
(c) It has no affect on her.
(d) It saps her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Maryanka do when Dmitri returns to Russia?

2. Whom did Lukashka think he killed?

3. What is in Novomlinsk?

4. What happens when Ivan Ilych becomes ill?

5. What is the significance of the Terek River?

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