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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What causes Ivan Ilych much distress?
(a) Being constantly on guard against anything that might distress him.
(b) Not being able to continue working at his new job.
(c) The severe pain.
(d) His wife.

3. What does Ivan Ilych consider the worst part of death?
(a) That he will never see his new house fully decorated.
(b) The unbearable pain.
(c) That it will take him away from his family.
(d) It allows him no action to take.

4. What major theme of the novel is introduced in Chapter 6?
(a) We die as we live.
(b) Leave the curtain the way it is.
(c) Without family we are nothing.
(d) Working too hard can kill you.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who comes to visit Ivan Ilych in Chapter 5?

2. What did the sight of Ivan Ilych seem to convey to Peter Ivanovich?

3. Once settled, what makes Ivan Ilych irritable?

4. How much will Ivan Ilych's new job pay on moving expenses?

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

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