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

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 does what Ivan tells her to do.
(b) His wife will live anywhere so long as her family is with her.
(c) They have the same taste.
(d) His wife realizes Ivan has to find a house for the family quickly.

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

3. What characters are mentioned in Chapter 9?
(a) Ivan's wife, Ivan, and Ivan's daughter.
(b) Ivan's wife and Ivan.
(c) Ivan's wife, Ivan, and God.
(d) Ivan's wife, Ivan, and Ivan's son.

4. Why is it ironic that Ivan resents that his death is trivial?
(a) Ivan wouldn't die if he would just take his medicine.
(b) Ivan isn't dying.
(c) His life has been trivial all along and that never bothered him.
(d) Ivan enjoys all the attention his illness is getting him.

5. After seeing himself in the mirror, what does Ivan Ilych finally admit to himself?
(a) That his daughter is marrying the wrong man.
(b) That he is dying.
(c) That his wife is truly beautiful.
(d) That he must write his memoirs before it's too late.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Ivan react to what his wife wants to do when she returns from the theater?

2. Why does Ivan Ilych have difficulty working?

3. Where does Ivan try to work?

4. What does Ivan realize when he looks back at his life?

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

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