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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was Ivan Ilych promoted to after three years in his second position?
(a) Provincial director.
(b) Judge.
(c) Assistant public prosecutor.
(d) Surgeon.

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

4. What topics does Sergey capture Marya's curiosity about?
(a) The plight of workers.
(b) Planting crops.
(c) International politics.
(d) New technology.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dmitri dream about on his way to the Caucasus?

2. What causes Sergey to declare that everything is over between himself and Marya?

3. How does Tolstoy describe the force that overcomes Eugene Irtenev's reticence about meeting a married woman?

4. How does Tolstoy say Ivan Ilych felt upon taking his position at the Court of Justice?

5. What is the significance of the Terek River?

Short Essay Questions

1. What causes Sergey and Marya's relationship to blossom?

2. What happens to end the truce between Ivan Ilych and Praskovya Federovna?

3. How does Tolstoy describe Eugene Irtenev's marriage with Liza Annenskaya?

4. What torments Eugene Irtenev, and how does he plan to end his suffering?

5. What causes Marya's depression?

6. What happens in the first ambush Lukashka sets up?

7. Describe the beginning of Marya's relationship with Sergey.

8. What is the relationship between the Grebensk Cossacks and the Muslim Tartars?

9. Which ending of "The Devil" seems to be preferable?

10. How does illness affect Ivan Ilych?

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