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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's wife explain why she ordered what she did in Chapter 8?
(a) To put her mind at ease.
(b) She is certain this doctor can cure Ivan.
(c) Because she can see Ivan is tired and needs rest.
(d) Fresh air will will rid Ivan's room of impurities.

2. How does Ivan Ilych's relationship with his wife affect his work?
(a) He becomes close friends with the judge.
(b) He is unprepared for court.
(c) He misses several days.
(d) He becomes more and more ambitious.

3. Where did Ivan Ilych find a new job?
(a) In Petersburg.
(b) In the town he'd been living in all his life.
(c) In the town where his wife's brother lives.
(d) In Moscow.

4. Why does Ivan Ilych marry?
(a) His father-in-law forces him.
(b) It seems expected of him.
(c) He is in love.
(d) He wants his wife's money.

5. What major theme of the novel is introduced in Chapter 6?
(a) Leave the curtain the way it is.
(b) Working too hard can kill you.
(c) Without family we are nothing.
(d) We die as we live.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do most people treat Ivan's dying?

2. Who does Ivan begin to question in Chapter 9?

3. How bad are the affects of these medicines?

4. What does Ivan's wife want to do when she returns from the theater?

5. How does Ivan Ilych respond when confronted with the symptoms of his illness?

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