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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. How does Tolstoy say Ivan Ilych felt upon taking his position at the Court of Justice?
(a) Content and happy.
(b) Anxious and depressed.
(c) Miserable and filled with dread.
(d) Proud and apprehensive.

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

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

4. What do Marya's boredom and depression turn into?
(a) Illness.
(b) Creativity.
(c) Self-destructive behavior.
(d) Jealousy.

5. What does Eugene Irtenev become restless for when he moves to the Semenov estate?
(a) Modernity.
(b) Petersburg.
(c) Women.
(d) Horse racing.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Tolstoy describe conjugal relations with Eugene Irtenev and his wife?

2. Why did Liza Annenskaya hire Stepanida?

3. How does Tolstoy say Cossack men view their wives?

4. When did Dmitri believe a barrier was broken between himself and Maryanka?

5. What is in Novomlinsk?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Dmitri discover about the Chechens?

4. Who are the Grebensk Cossacks?

5. How does Praskovya Federovna's bad temper affect Ivan Ilych?

6. Who is Eugene Irtenev and where does he live at the beginning of the story?

7. How does illness affect Ivan Ilych?

8. What causes Marya's depression?

9. What causes Marya and Sergey to get beyond their jealousies?

10. What does Dmitri Olenin think he will find in the Caucasus?

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