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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 is the significance of the Terek River?
(a) It is the boundary where Dmitri enters the Caucasus.
(b) It is where the regional authorities are centered.
(c) It is the last civilized outpost before the wilderness.
(d) It is the heart of the Cossacks' territory.

2. To whom does Eugene Irtenev confide his lustful thoughts about Stepanida?
(a) His minister.
(b) His uncle.
(c) Liza Annenskaya.
(d) Stepanida.

3. What effect does the Russian winter have on Marya?
(a) It has no affect on her.
(b) It incenses her.
(c) It saps her.
(d) It rejuvenates her.

4. How would you describe the nature Dmitri expects to find in the Caucasus?
(a) Fertile.
(b) Sublime.
(c) Exhausted.
(d) Domesticated.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What convinces Ivan Ilych that death is getting close?

2. What does Dmitri dream about on his way to the Caucasus?

3. How does Tolstoy describe Dmitri's thoughts about love?

4. Who is Eugene Irtenev?

5. Who introduces Eugene Irtenev to Stepanida?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the promotions Ivan Ilych receives.

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

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

4. Who are the Grebensk Cossacks?

5. What causes Marya's depression?

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

7. What does Dmitri discover about the Chechens?

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

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

10. What intrudes to make Marya unhappy?

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