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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Ivan Ilych respond when confronted with the symptoms of his illness?
(a) Ivan asks his daughter for help.
(b) Ivan tells his wife.
(c) Ivan begins to cry.
(d) Ivan asserts that they are all in good health.

2. What does Ivan figure out in Chapter 10 about his life?
(a) That his family is all he needs.
(b) That he could have done things differently if he had gotten that promotion.
(c) That he should have married his true love.
(d) That his life is a web of lies.

3. What does Ivan realize when he looks back at his life?
(a) That there is nothing that the doctors can do for him.
(b) That he really doesn't want to die.
(c) That the only real and honest pleasures were in his childhood.
(d) That he loves the life he has created with his family.

4. Who is Ivan's family going to see at the end of Chatper 8?
(a) Charles Dicksons.
(b) Harry Houdini.
(c) Enrico Caruso.
(d) Sarah Bernhardt.

5. What has happened to the main character?
(a) He has been promoted.
(b) He has been newly wed.
(c) He has just become a grandfather.
(d) He has died.

Short Answer Questions

1. What galls Ivan Ilych to think?

2. When Ivan Ilych looks in the mirror some time after greeting his brother-in-law, what does he see for the first time?

3. In Chapter 6, is Ivan able to replace his thoughts of death?

4. What does Ivan Ilych see in the eyes of his brother-in-law?

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

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