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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After offering his condolences, what does Peter Ivanovich tell Praskovya Fedorovna?
(a) That Praskovya Fedorovna is very beautiful.
(b) That Praskovya Fedorovna has received all the money the government will give her.
(c) That Peter Ivanovich must leave.
(d) That Peter Ivanovich has been secretly in love with Praskovya Fedorovna for years.

2. How does Ivan Ilych's wife react to his worsening pain?
(a) She insists he see a doctor.
(b) She chastises him for whining.
(c) She criticizes him for fixing the curtain.
(d) She ignores him.

3. What does the doctor focus on?
(a) Whether or not Ivan can pay the bill.
(b) Whether or not the doctor has met Ivan before.
(c) How many other patients are waiting to be seen.
(d) Whether the pain is coming from the appendix or the kidney.

4. Ivan Ilych knows he gave his life to what?
(a) To getting that promotion that he knows he deserves.
(b) His family.
(c) The law.
(d) Decorating his house.

5. What does Ivan Ilych admit to himself for the first time after seeing himself in the mirror?
(a) That he really wished he'd gone to medical school instead of becoming a lawyer.
(b) That he is dying.
(c) That he is an excellent husband.
(d) That he is a good man.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the setting of Chapter 1?

2. How long after Ivan Ilych sees the doctor does Chapter 5 begin?

3. What does Ivan Ilych think his wife wants of him?

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

5. How bad are the affects of these medicines?

(see the answer key)

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