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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What galls Ivan Ilych to think?
(a) That he will die over something so trivial.
(b) That he won't have enough time to finish his memoirs.
(c) That he cannot stop his daughter from marrying the wrong man.
(d) That he wasted so much time with his wife.

2. How does Ivan Ilych deal with the revelation in Chapter 6?
(a) He despairs continuously.
(b) He starts finds a suitable book in which to write his memoirs.
(c) He plans to stop his daughter's marriage.
(d) He spends more times with his wife.

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

4. Why is it ironic that Ivan resents that his death is trivial?
(a) Ivan isn't dying.
(b) His life has been trivial all along and that never bothered him.
(c) Ivan wouldn't die if he would just take his medicine.
(d) Ivan enjoys all the attention his illness is getting him.

5. How does Ivan Ilych respond when confronted with the symptoms of his illness?
(a) Ivan tells his wife.
(b) Ivan asks his daughter for help.
(c) Ivan asserts that they are all in good health.
(d) Ivan begins to cry.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are his wife and daughter anxious when Ivan Ilych arrives home?

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

3. What did Praskovya Fedorovna tell Peter Ivanovich about the main character?

4. What major theme of the novel is introduced in Chapter 6?

5. When Ivan Ilych looks in the mirror some time after greeting his brother-in-law, what does he see for the first time?

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