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

2. What did Ivan Ilych find in place of death?
(a) God.
(b) Fury.
(c) Language.
(d) Light.

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

4. What is Marya's first reaction to Sergey?
(a) Indifference.
(b) Resentment.
(c) Fascination.
(d) Repulsion.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What political stance do the Muslim Tartars typically take?

2. What is Dmitri's relation with Maryanka?

3. Why does Dmitri return home quickly after hunting?

4. Who does Marya live with at the beginning of "Family Happiness"?

5. How does Ivan Ilych handle his illness?

Short Essay Questions

1. What kinds of problems does Ivan Ilych have with Praskovya Federovna, his wife?

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

3. What does Marya think about her marriage at first?

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

5. How has Marya's attitude about marriage changed by the end of the story?

6. What is Marya Alexandrovna's situation at the beginning of "Family Happiness"?

7. What intrudes to make Marya unhappy?

8. What is Eugene Irtenev's relationship with Stepanida?

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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