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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Ivan try to work?
(a) He doesn't try to work.
(b) The university nearby.
(c) The law courts.
(d) His study.

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

3. What does Ivan Ilych hear down the hall?
(a) Footsteps.
(b) His family visiting with his brother-in-law.
(c) An intruder.
(d) His family getting the house ready for the party that night.

4. How do most people treat Ivan's dying?
(a) As a tragedy.
(b) As an opportunity to show their love for him.
(c) As a relief.
(d) As an imposition.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Ivan Ilych react to the thought that he is dying?

2. How does Ivan Ilych's relationship with his wife affect his work?

3. To what or whom does Peter Ivanovich refuse to yield to?

4. Ivan Ilych's chief concern is to what?

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

(see the answer key)

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