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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 are the Grebensk Cossacks descended from?
(a) Original Russian migrants.
(b) Alexander the Great.
(c) Katherine the Great.
(d) Tartars.

2. How does Ivan Ilych handle his illness?
(a) He works less and less and reads and becomes philosophical.
(b) He sees doctor after doctor with no result.
(c) He applies for a pension and retires.
(d) He still works, but it exhausts him.

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

4. How does Tolstoy describe Ivan Ilych's wife's temperament?
(a) Hard-working and content.
(b) Unreasonable and dissatisfied.
(c) Catatonic and silent.
(d) Shrewd and attentive.

5. What does Tolstoy say Marya and Sergey each believe about the other?
(a) That they are independent.
(b) That they are perfect.
(c) That they are flawed.
(d) That they each depend on the other.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the significance of the Terek River?

3. What does Tolstoy say Dmitri hopes to find in the Caucasus?

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

5. How does Tolstoy say Liza Annenskaya acts on her jealousy?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Describe Dmitri's departure from the Caucasus.

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

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

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

10. What does Ivan Ilych learn on his deathbed?

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