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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 is Praskovya Federovna?
(a) Ivan Ilych's lover.
(b) Ivan Ilych's mother.
(c) Ivan Ilych's sister.
(d) Ivan Ilych's wife.

2. Who is Katya?
(a) A milliner.
(b) A governess.
(c) A seamstress.
(d) A shop girl.

3. What does Sergey tease Marya about?
(a) Her ignorance of French literature.
(b) Her housekeeping.
(c) Her dark sense of humor.
(d) Her coquettish nature.

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

5. With whom did the Grebensk Cossacks intermarry?
(a) Russians.
(b) Greeks.
(c) Chechens.
(d) Georgians.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Eugene Irtenev move to the Semenov estate?

2. What does Ivan Ilych ultimately realize about his wife?

3. Who does Eugene Irtenev's mother want him to marry?

4. What is Maryanka's response when Dmitri asks her whether they can marry?

5. How does marriage make Eugene Irtenev's life easier?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What role do Liza Annenskaya's pregnancies play in "The Devil"?

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

5. What does Ivan Ilych learn on his deathbed?

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

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

8. Who are the Grebensk Cossacks?

9. What causes Marya's depression?

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

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