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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Ivan Ilych's son?
(a) Of schoolboy age.
(b) Of an elderly nature.
(c) Old enough to be driving.
(d) Still in diapers.

2. How does Ivan Ilych react to the thought that he is dying?
(a) Rage.
(b) Deep depression.
(c) Fear.
(d) Sadness.

3. What does Ivan Ilych think will solve his new problem?
(a) Celebrate his love for his wife with a grand ball.
(b) Go to medical school.
(c) To obtain a new job.
(d) Divorce his wife.

4. What does the doctor ignore?
(a) Ivan's ability to pay him.
(b) Ivan's wife's questions.
(c) Ivan's fear that bruises are starting to spread all over his body.
(d) The question as to whether or not Ivan's case is serious.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the setting of Chapter 1?

2. With whom does Ivan Ilych play the game that he enjoys?

3. Which character does Chapter 2 discuss?

4. What does Ivan Ilych think of his marriage?

5. Ivan Ilych finally realizes, after seeing himself in the mirror, that his condition is a question of what?

(see the answer key)

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