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The Death of Ivan Ilych Quiz 1

  • 1. Tolstoy is primarily a
    •     19th century Russian writer
    •     20th century American writer
    •     19th century German writer
    •     19th century Polish writer

  • 2. Tolstoy is best known for his
    •     fiction
    •     screenplays
    •     plays
    •     poetry

  • 3. Between 1875 and 1878, Tolstoy was subjected to
    •     psychoanalysis
    •     electroshock treatment
    •     numerous operations on his vermiform appendix
    •     a period of spiritual turmoil

  • 4. Tolstoy eventually converted to
    •     Jainism
    •     Judaism
    •     Islam
    •     Christianity

  • 5. Tolstoy's religious views were close to
    •     modern day "born again" Christians
    •     the Greek Orthodox faith of Russian peasants
    •     the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church
    •     none of the above

  • 6. The older Tolstoy, in polemical writings,
    •     both attacked Shakespeare as an immoral scribbler and told readers that they must be born again in Christ or go to hell with sodomites, poor people, and drug addicts
    •     told readers that they must be born again in Christ or go to hell with sodomites, poor people, and drug addicts
    •     praised Shakespeare as the "Christ of writers"
    •     attacked Shakespeare as an immoral scribbler

  • 7. Tolstoy's religion
    •     de-emphasized miracles
    •     emphasized Christ as a teacher
    •     was based on ardent intellectual and spiritual scrutiny
    •     none of the above

  • 8. Tolstoy considered his most important work to be
    •     his non-fiction work on religion and ethics
    •     Crime and Punishment
    •     Anna Karenina
    •     Hadji Murad

  • 9. The Death of Iván Ilych is a novel where Tolstoy
    •     explicates religious views, but fails as an artist
    •     just plum goes crazy
    •     crafts a masterpiece, but fails as a Christian
    •     joins Tolstoy the Christian with Tolstoy the writer

  • 10. Chapter One of the novel begins
    •     when Iván Ilych is a baby
    •     sixty years in the future
    •     after Iván Ilych has gotten married
    •     after Iván Ilych has died

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