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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Ivan Ilych take his family when he takes a leave of absence from his job?
(a) To the countryside.
(b) To his wife's brother's family.
(c) To the seaside.
(d) To America.

2. What does Ivan Ilych hear down the hall?
(a) An intruder.
(b) His family visiting with his brother-in-law.
(c) His family getting the house ready for the party that night.
(d) Footsteps.

3. What does Ivan Ilych feel toward what he hears down the hall?
(a) Love.
(b) Hate.
(c) Pity.
(d) Fear.

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

5. What does Ivan's wife tell him to do in Chapter 9?
(a) Open his window.
(b) Eat something.
(c) Take some opium.
(d) Go to sleep.

Short Answer Questions

1. What profession is Ivan Ilych?

2. What does Ivan realize the further back in his memories he goes?

3. How does Gerasim treat Ivan?

4. What are the symptoms that Ivan Ilych has?

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

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