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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What profession is Ivan Ilych?
(a) A teacher.
(b) A judge.
(c) A doctor.
(d) A lawyer.

2. What does Ivan Ilych do the more he senses that his wife is bored all the time?
(a) He tries harder to make her happy.
(b) He carves out a life independent from her.
(c) He takes her on vacation.
(d) He buys a home near the sea.

3. To what event did Peter Ivanovich go to on Friday?
(a) To argue a court case.
(b) To a wedding.
(c) To a funeral.
(d) To a grand ball.

4. How does Ivan Ilych's wife react to each child's loss?
(a) She becomes more ill temperered.
(b) She pretends that the child isn't dead for months.
(c) She decides to have no more children.
(d) She wants to try for another child immediately.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many of Ivan Ilych's children die?

3. What game does Ivan Ilych like to play?

4. Who says, "death will come to everyone as God's will?"

5. What relationship is the main character to Peter Ivanovich?

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