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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Ivan react to what his wife wants to do when she returns from the theater?
(a) He welcomes her company.
(b) He sends her away.
(c) He asks her to tell him all about the concert.
(d) He pretends to be asleep.

2. How does Ivan Ilych deal with the revelation in Chapter 6?
(a) He starts finds a suitable book in which to write his memoirs.
(b) He spends more times with his wife.
(c) He despairs continuously.
(d) He plans to stop his daughter's marriage.

3. Who does Ivan begin to question in Chapter 9?
(a) His wife.
(b) Gerasim.
(c) The doctor.
(d) God.

4. Once settled, what makes Ivan Ilych irritable?
(a) His wife.
(b) The family's new dog.
(c) His children.
(d) Every new stain or imperfection.

5. What adds to Ivan's suffering?
(a) The thought that he is dying.
(b) He is torn between cooperating and resisting.
(c) The many tests that the doctor's insist on performing each day.
(d) HIs wife's constant babbling about the house.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Ivan Ilych try to replace thoughts of death?

2. What does Ivan's wife tell him to do in Chapter 9?

3. Why is Ivan Ilych able to find a new home that will please both him and his wife?

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

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

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