Before Tolstoy's Christian Conversion, His Perspective on the Meaning of Life

question 63

Multiple Choice

Before Tolstoy's Christian conversion, his perspective on the meaning of life was

• A) optimist.
• B) pessimist.
• C) nominally religious.
• D) satisfied.

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