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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Ivan Ilych able to find a new home that will please both him and his wife?
(a) His wife will live anywhere so long as her family is with her.
(b) His wife does what Ivan tells her to do.
(c) They have the same taste.
(d) His wife realizes Ivan has to find a house for the family quickly.

2. What did the sight of Ivan Ilych seem to convey to Peter Ivanovich?
(a) Conviction and righteousness.
(b) Reproach or warning.
(c) Anger and hostility.
(d) Optimism and joy.

3. Where does Ivan Ilych take his family when he takes a leave of absence from his job?
(a) To the countryside.
(b) To America.
(c) To the seaside.
(d) To his wife's brother's family.

4. What happens to Ivan Ilych one day as he is adjusting a curtain?
(a) Ivan falls on his wife.
(b) Ivan slips on a stepladder and receives a nasty bruise on his side.
(c) Ivan falls and breaks his leg.
(d) Ivan falls and rips the curtain.

5. What does Ivan Ilych's son's face look like?
(a) Dirty.
(b) Sunburned.
(c) Tearstained.
(d) Freckled.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is this year the hardest year of Ivan Ilych?

2. Who says, "death will come to everyone as God's will?"

3. To what event did Peter Ivanovich go to on Friday?

4. What is Praskovya Fedorovna's relationship to the main character?

5. Why does Ivan Ilych marry?

(see the answer key)

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