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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the hardest thing for Ivan to bear?
(a) Not being able to sleep much.
(b) That others have to be involved in his excretions.
(c) The pain.
(d) Not being able to eat his favorite foods.

2. How many children does Ivan Ilych and his wife have together?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 5.
(d) None.

3. How do most people treat Ivan's dying?
(a) As an imposition.
(b) As a relief.
(c) As a tragedy.
(d) As an opportunity to show their love for him.

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

5. How does Ivan Ilych's wife behave toward his illness?
(a) She becomes more loving than ever before toward Ivan.
(b) She avoids Ivan.
(c) She behaves as if Ivan has created this illness to annoy and inconvenience her.
(d) She becomes melancholy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character does Chapter 2 discuss?

2. Without the distraction of work, what happens to Ivan Ilych?

3. Once settled, what makes Ivan Ilych irritable?

4. How much will Ivan Ilych's new job pay on moving expenses?

5. What does Ivan Ilych do the more he senses that his wife is bored all the time?

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