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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Even after Ivan Ilych realizes that he is going to die, what kinds of thoughts does he try to think about?
(a) How he can spend more time at the office.
(b) How he can stop his daughter's marriage.
(c) Thoughts that he considers more proper and healthy.
(d) What he needs to do to become healthy again.

2. How much money does Ivan Ilych need to be paid?
(a) Enough to afford to send his son to medical school.
(b) No less than 10,000 rubles.
(c) Enough to buy a summer house.
(d) At least 5,000 rubles.

3. How much will Ivan Ilych's new job pay on moving expenses?
(a) 3,500 rubles.
(b) 1,500 rubles.
(c) 5,000 rubles.
(d) Nothing.

4. Without the distraction of work, what happens to Ivan Ilych?
(a) He discovers what is wrong with his life.
(b) He falls into a profound depression.
(c) He falls in love with another woman.
(d) He realizes how much he loves his wife.

5. What does Ivan realize when he looks back at his life?
(a) That he really doesn't want to die.
(b) That he loves the life he has created with his family.
(c) That the only real and honest pleasures were in his childhood.
(d) That there is nothing that the doctors can do for him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has Ivan Ilych used as an escape from reality?

2. What galls Ivan Ilych to think?

3. When does Ivan Ilych believe his illness began?

4. What characters are mentioned in Chapter 9?

5. Where does Ivan Ilych take his family when he takes a leave of absence from his job?

(see the answer key)

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