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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is this year the hardest year of Ivan Ilych?
(a) His daughter is killed.
(b) He is passed over for promotion.
(c) His wife leaves him.
(d) His wife dies.

2. To what or whom does Peter Ivanovich refuse to yield to?
(a) Any depressing thoughts.
(b) The prosecution.
(c) The bicycle on the left.
(d) Ivan Ilych.

3. What does Ivan Ilych think of his marriage?
(a) It is happy.
(b) It is unhappy.
(c) It is all he ever wanted.
(d) It is exciting.

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

5. What is Praskovya Fedorovna's relationship to the main character?
(a) Wife.
(b) Daughter.
(c) Son.
(d) Servant.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Peter Ivanovich encounters Ivan Ilych's daughter and fiance, how to they look?

2. What does Ivan Ilych see as "doing his duty?"

3. Where does Ivan Ilych take his family when he takes a leave of absence from his job?

4. How does Ivan Ilych's view his life?

5. Who is the main character?

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