Let's Ponder: God Sees the Truth But He Waits by Leo Tolstoy

What is the theme of the story?

• Vengeance
• Anguish
• Faith and forgiveness
• Spirituality

Ivan’s wife said: “I dreamt you returned from the town, and when you took off your cap I saw that your hair was quite grey.” What did her dream meant?

• He will return home an old man
• A sign of bad luck
• Foreshadowing of the trials he will endure through time
• Something evil will bestow upon him on his journey

What did Aksionov’s house and two shops represent in the story?

• His properties and wealth
• His material possessions and earthly affairs
• His fairly noble life
• All of the above

What did the prison cell symbolized in the story?

• His hopelessness in life
• His weakness of faith in God
• His suffering and spiritual transformation
• His anger towards Makar

Why did Aksionov bought the book "The Lives of Saints" while imprisoned?

• So that he may read something during his stay
• Because he will learn the lives of the saints
• To live the life of a saint
• To highlight his spiritual change and beliefs

What is Tolstoy’s view of achieving personal peace?

• Removal of all material things and familial attachments

• Forgiving because he was first forgiven

• Writing his thoughts and beliefs in his novels

• Live the life of a monk

What did Aksionov realize by the end of the story?

• Revenge is best served cold
• His family and wealth are temporary things
• His family is all that matters
• God sees the truth, always

Which one did Aksionov offered to Makar in prison?

• Grace

• Mercy

• Forgiveness

• Humility

Why was the story entitled "God Sees the Truth, But Waits"?

• Justice always comes too late

• Only God knows everything

• Leave everything in the hands of God

• The truth will be revealed... in God's time

What do you want to say to Akshionov about his life?