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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What two things that Ivan Ilych hears down the hall makes him react as he does?
(a) His family's good health and merriment.
(b) His friends' talents and good looks.
(c) His children's youth and abilities.
(d) The intruder's stealth and agility.

3. Who is Ivan's family going to see at the end of Chatper 8?
(a) Harry Houdini.
(b) Enrico Caruso.
(c) Charles Dicksons.
(d) Sarah Bernhardt.

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

5. What did the sight of Ivan Ilych seem to convey to Peter Ivanovich?
(a) Anger and hostility.
(b) Conviction and righteousness.
(c) Reproach or warning.
(d) Optimism and joy.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Ivan Ilych's pain worsen?

2. Even after Ivan Ilych realizes that he is going to die, what kinds of thoughts does he try to think about?

3. What does Ivan Ilych consider the worst part of death?

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

5. Who insisted that Ivan's wife and family go out?

(see the answer key)

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