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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Ivan ask of God?
(a) To live as he used to - well and pleasantly.
(b) To be cured.
(c) To explain why God is allowing him to be in such pain.
(d) To take care of his family when he is gone.

3. Who seems to answer Ivan's questions?
(a) His wife.
(b) God.
(c) Gerasim.
(d) The doctor.

4. How do Ivan's drugs help his wife and doctors?
(a) The drugs only serve their convenience in keeping Ivan quiet.
(b) The drugs make it easier for him to sleep.
(c) The drugs make Ivan easier to be with.
(d) The drugs make them feel better because they ease his pain.

5. What does Ivan's wife tell him to do in Chapter 9?
(a) Go to sleep.
(b) Open his window.
(c) Take some opium.
(d) Eat something.

Short Answer Questions

1. What year is it in the novel?

2. What adds to Ivan's suffering?

3. Why does Ivan Ilych take his family there?

4. What galls Ivan Ilych to think?

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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