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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who insisted that Ivan's wife and family go out?
(a) The doctor.
(b) Ivan's daughter.
(c) Ivan's wife.
(d) Ivan.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Peter Ivanovich learn the fate of the main character?

2. What does Ivan Ilych think of his marriage?

3. Who did Peter Ivanovich meet first at Ivan Ilych's house?

4. What has Ivan Ilych's ambitions resulted in?

5. What adds to Ivan's suffering?

(see the answer key)

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