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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Is Ivan Ilych successful in understanding this?
(a) Yes, immediately.
(b) Yes, most of the time.
(c) Yes, but it takes time to ponder.
(d) No, he cannot.

2. How does Ivan Ilych's wife react to each child's loss?
(a) She wants to try for another child immediately.
(b) She pretends that the child isn't dead for months.
(c) She decides to have no more children.
(d) She becomes more ill temperered.

3. To what event did Peter Ivanovich go to on Friday?
(a) To argue a court case.
(b) To a funeral.
(c) To a wedding.
(d) To a grand ball.

4. Why does Ivan Ilych try to replace thoughts of death?
(a) He is too busy to think about it.
(b) He thinks he can still get well.
(c) To protect himself.
(d) He thinks he is being foolish.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Ivan Ilych take his family there?

2. After seeing himself in the mirror, what does Ivan Ilych finally admit to himself?

3. How did Peter Ivanovich learn the fate of the main character?

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

5. What relationship is the main character to Peter Ivanovich?

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