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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Ivan Ilych's view his life?
(a) As extraordinary.
(b) As most ordinary.
(c) As exciting.
(d) Exactly the way he hoped it would be.

2. Which character does Chapter 2 discuss?
(a) Gerasim.
(b) Ivan Ilych.
(c) Praskovya Fedorovna.
(d) Peter Ivanovich.

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

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

5. Why is this year the hardest year of Ivan Ilych?
(a) His wife leaves him.
(b) His daughter is killed.
(c) He is passed over for promotion.
(d) His wife dies.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the doctor focus on?

3. What did Praskovya Fedorovna tell Peter Ivanovich about the main character?

4. How does the doctor respond when Ivan Ilych presses him for an answer to the seriousness of his symptoms?

5. When Peter Ivanovich encounters Ivan Ilych's daughter and fiance, how to they look?

(see the answer key)

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