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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ivan Ilych recognize in the doctor's professional air?
(a) Condescension and disdain.
(b) His own attitude toward an accused person in court.
(c) Aloofness and indifference.
(d) Compassion and pity.

2. In Chapter 6, is Ivan able to replace his thoughts of death?
(a) No, it doesn't work anymore.
(b) Yes, but it takes time.
(c) No, not all the time.
(d) Yes, it works brilliantly.

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

4. When Peter Ivanovich encounters Ivan Ilych's daughter and fiance, how to they look?
(a) Ready to cry.
(b) Angry.
(c) Happy together.
(d) Inconvienenced.

5. Where did Ivan Ilych find a new job?
(a) In Petersburg.
(b) In the town where his wife's brother lives.
(c) In Moscow.
(d) In the town he'd been living in all his life.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why doesn't Ivan Ilych change his life?

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

3. Who is the first character introduced in Chapter 5?

4. What game does Ivan Ilych like to play?

5. What does Ivan Ilych do the more he senses that his wife is bored all the time?

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