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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With whom does Ivan Ilych play the game that he enjoys?
(a) His friends.
(b) His wife.
(c) Himself.
(d) His son.

2. Why doesn't Ivan Ilych change his life?
(a) He has no imagination for creating another life.
(b) He doesn't have enough money to change it the way he wants it.
(c) He likes his life as it is.
(d) His wife won't let him change it.

3. What causes Ivan Ilych much distress?
(a) The severe pain.
(b) Being constantly on guard against anything that might distress him.
(c) Not being able to continue working at his new job.
(d) His wife.

4. Ivan Ilych's chief concern is to what?
(a) To follow doctor's orders exactly.
(b) To get his wife to listen to him.
(c) To be well enough to attend the party that evening.
(d) To continue working at his new job.

5. How satisfied with his life is Ivan Ilych?
(a) Only a very small amount.
(b) Mostly.
(c) Not at all.
(d) Totally.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What happens to Ivan Ilych one day as he is adjusting a curtain?

3. Why are his wife and daughter anxious when Ivan Ilych arrives home?

4. How old is Ivan Ilych's son?

5. After offering his condolences, what does Peter Ivanovich tell Praskovya Fedorovna?

(see the answer key)

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