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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Ivan Ilych able to find a new home that will please both him and his wife?
(a) His wife realizes Ivan has to find a house for the family quickly.
(b) His wife will live anywhere so long as her family is with her.
(c) His wife does what Ivan tells her to do.
(d) They have the same taste.

2. How does Ivan feel when his wife enters his room in Chapter 8?
(a) Comforted.
(b) Surrounded by lies.
(c) Angry.
(d) Sad to think he must soon leave her.

3. What has Ivan stopped thinking about by chapter 10?
(a) His appendix and his kidney.
(b) His work.
(c) How to get the promotion he felt he was due.
(d) Death.

4. In Chapter 10, how does Ivan feel about his memories of the past?
(a) The memories are painful.
(b) The memories devastating.
(c) The memories are shocking.
(d) The memories are joyful.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ivan Ilych's son's face look like?

2. How does Ivan try to live?

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

4. What is the hardest thing for Ivan to bear?

5. Why does Ivan Ilych take his family there?

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