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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What year is it in the novel?
(a) 1873.
(b) 1865.
(c) 1880.
(d) 1900.

2. Why does Ivan Ilych think that his case might not be so serious after all?
(a) Because the doctor tells him not to worry.
(b) Because he is feeling better already.
(c) Because he reads about it in a medical book.
(d) Because his wife can go out as usual.

3. Who is the first to leave the event that happened on Friday?
(a) Ivan Ilych's son.
(b) Praskovya Fedorovna.
(c) Ivan Ilych's daughter and fiance.
(d) Peter Ivanovich.

4. What is the setting of Chapter 1?
(a) The judge's chamber.
(b) The church.
(c) Ivan Ilych's house.
(d) The courtroom.

5. What has Ivan Ilych's ambitions resulted in?
(a) Tension between he and his wife.
(b) Increasing levels of power at work.
(c) Alienation of his children.
(d) Terrible headaches.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Ivan Ilych's son?

2. To what or whom does Peter Ivanovich refuse to yield to?

3. What does Ivan Ilych hear down the hall?

4. Why does Ivan Ilych react to his realization the way he does?

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

(see the answer key)

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