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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. Who did Lukashka actual kill?
(a) A Tartar.
(b) A Chechen.
(c) A Russian.
(d) A Christian.

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

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

4. How does Tolstoy describe Marya and Sergey's feelings for each other?
(a) Resentful.
(b) Head over heels in love.
(c) Respectful and moderately affectionate.
(d) Indifferent to each other.

5. Who lives beyond the Muslim Tartars?
(a) Turks.
(b) Christian Cossacks.
(c) Lawless mountain people.
(d) Russians.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Marya say her marriage to Sergey affects her relationship with the world?

3. Who is Dmitri Olenin?

4. How old is Marya Alexandrovna?

5. What is the relationship between Christian Cossacks and Muslim Tartars?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. When do Ivan Ilych and Praskovya Federovna finally arrive at a truce?

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

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

5. How does illness affect Ivan Ilych?

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

7. Who are the Grebensk Cossacks?

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

9. How does Ivan Ilych change when he begins to make money?

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

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