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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What affects do these medicines have on Ivan?
(a) They relieve his pain.
(b) They make him sleep most of the time.
(c) They make him delusional.
(d) They make him depressed.

2. What does Ivan Ilych recognize in the doctor's professional air?
(a) His own attitude toward an accused person in court.
(b) Aloofness and indifference.
(c) Compassion and pity.
(d) Condescension and disdain.

3. Who helps Ivan Ilych begin to realize that he is dying?
(a) His wife.
(b) His daughter.
(c) His doctor.
(d) His brother-in-law.

4. How does Ivan Ilych's relationship with his wife affect his work?
(a) He misses several days.
(b) He becomes more and more ambitious.
(c) He becomes close friends with the judge.
(d) He is unprepared for court.

5. What does Ivan Ilych try to understand?
(a) How he could not have noticed his wife's beauty sooner.
(b) How to arrange his life's work in his memoirs.
(c) How his daughter could have accepted such a man's proposal of marriage.
(d) That he is dying.

Short Answer Questions

1. What major theme of the novel is introduced in Chapter 6?

2. What causes Ivan Ilych much distress?

3. How much does Ivan sleep?

4. Who insisted that Ivan's wife and family go out?

5. What explanation has Ivan for the realizations about his memories?

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