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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Ivan Ilych's animosity toward his former colleagues vanish?
(a) One of his former colleagues asks for his daughter's hand in marriage.
(b) Ivan Ilych's new position places him two steps above them.
(c) He realizes he was being foolish.
(d) They give him the promotion when he returns from his leave of absence.

2. When does Ivan Ilych believe his illness began?
(a) When he bought his new house.
(b) When he fell off the ladder and bruised his side.
(c) When he went back to work.
(d) When he moved in with his brother-in-law.

3. What is wrong with Ivan Ilych's current job?
(a) The workload is too heavy.
(b) The money isn't enough to keep up with his standard of living.
(c) There's not enough to do.
(d) It's boring.

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

5. What offends Ivan Ilych the most about being passed over for a promotion?
(a) Ivan had been told he was going to get the promotion.
(b) Others seem to see his struggles as quite ordinary.
(c) Ivan didn't get an apology from his boss for not promoting him.
(d) The person promoted is less qualified for the job than he is.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Ivan begin to question in Chapter 9?

2. Where does Ivan try to work?

3. Where did Ivan Ilych find a new job?

4. How do Ivan's drugs help his wife and doctors?

5. Even after Ivan Ilych realizes that he is going to die, what kinds of thoughts does he try to think about?

(see the answer key)

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