Choose the best answer for each question. At the end of the quiz, your score will appear here. Note: this quiz is based on the original story. Some of the questions and answers may not be applicable to our simplified story.
What might you think at the beginning of the story as you saw Nellie sitting and looking into the looking-glass?
That she was worried about how she looked.
That she was frightened by what she saw.
That she was not awake and might be dreaming.
Whose face did she first see in the mirror?
Her future husband's.
Her own.
The doctor's cook.
In the first part of her dream, why did Nellie go to see the district doctor?
Sh was worried that he might have the same sickness as her husband.
Her husband was sick and she thought he needed the doctor.
She lived too far away from the Zemstvo doctor and her horses were very tired.
What finally made Stepan Lukitch decide to go to see Nellie's husband?
She said that she would take him to court.
She reminded him of his duty as a doctor.
She got down on her knees and begged him.
Why couldn't the doctor help Nellie's husband?
Her husband was too sick and the doctor knew he was going to die.
Her husband could not think or speak clearly enough to say what was wrong.
Because the doctor had the same sickness as her husband.
In the next part of the dream, why couldn't Nellie and her husband sleep at night?
They used to get bad headaches that stopped them sleeping.
The doctor had said that one of their children was sure to die.
They were worried about money that they owed to the bank.
At the end of the dream, Nellie asks: "Why is it, what is it for?" What is the "it" that she is talking about here?
Life.
Death.
Marriage.
What made Nellie wake up at the end of the dream?
She saw her husband dying in every terrible detail.
She had dropped the looking-glass on the floor.
She had slept all night and it was early morning.
How did Nellie feel when woke up and realized that she had been dreaming?
Frightened
Happy
Relieved
Some people think that dreams send us messages. If so, which of the following is NOT likely to be a message in this dream for Nellie?
Live for yourself. Don't put all your hope in other people or marriage in order to filfil your dreams.
Sometimes life contains periods of sadness and misery. Enjoy the good times while you can.
For some people, life will never be happy. Death always waits and is the only way out.