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by Leo Tolstoy

The Death of Ivan Ilych Quiz 1

1. Tolstoy is primarily a

  • 19th century German writer
  • 19th century Polish writer
  • 19th century Russian writer
  • 20th century American writer

2. Tolstoy is best known for his

  • screenplays
  • poetry
  • fiction
  • plays

3. Between 1875 and 1878, Tolstoy was subjected to

  • psychoanalysis
  • a period of spiritual turmoil
  • electroshock treatment
  • numerous operations on his vermiform appendix

4. Tolstoy eventually converted to

  • Christianity
  • Jainism
  • Judaism
  • Islam

5. Tolstoy's religious views were close to

  • the Greek Orthodox faith of Russian peasants
  • the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church
  • modern day "born again" Christians
  • none of the above

6. The older Tolstoy, in polemical writings,

  • told readers that they must be born again in Christ or go to hell with sodomites, poor people, and drug addicts
  • 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
  • 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

  • Anna Karenina
  • his non-fiction work on religion and ethics
  • Crime and Punishment
  • Hadji Murad

9. <i>The Death of Iván Ilych</i> is a novel where Tolstoy

  • joins Tolstoy the Christian with Tolstoy the writer
  • explicates religious views, but fails as an artist
  • just plum goes crazy
  • crafts a masterpiece, but fails as a Christian

10. Chapter One of the novel begins

  • after Iván Ilych has gotten married
  • when Iván Ilych is a baby
  • after Iván Ilych has died
  • sixty years in the future

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