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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. Does Stepanida have Eugene Irtenev's child?
(a) Yes.
(b) He is not sure.
(c) No.
(d) She tells him it is his, but he finds out it is not.

2. Who does Eugene Irtenev's mother want him to marry?
(a) Liza Annenskaya.
(b) Someone with a title.
(c) Someone with money.
(d) Stepanida.

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

4. What causes Sergey to declare that everything is over between himself and Marya?
(a) Her suicide attempt.
(b) Her affair with a Frenchman.
(c) Her illness and depression.
(d) A jealous rage.

5. When did Dmitri believe a barrier was broken between himself and Maryanka?
(a) When he sees her baking bread.
(b) When she tells him of her engagement to Lukashka.
(c) At Beletsky's party.
(d) When he moves in with her family.

Short Answer Questions

1. What topics does Sergey capture Marya's curiosity about?

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

3. How would you describe the nature Dmitri expects to find in the Caucasus?

4. How does Tolstoy describe Marya and Sergey's feelings for each other?

5. Who lives on the other side of the Terek River?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the circumstances of Lukashka's death.

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

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

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

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

6. How does illness affect Ivan Ilych?

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

8. How does Dmitri go about confessing his love to Maryanka?

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

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

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