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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ivan Ilych consider the worst part of death?
(a) The unbearable pain.
(b) It allows him no action to take.
(c) That it will take him away from his family.
(d) That he will never see his new house fully decorated.

2. What is the hardest thing for Ivan to bear?
(a) The pain.
(b) Not being able to sleep much.
(c) That others have to be involved in his excretions.
(d) Not being able to eat his favorite foods.

3. What year is it in the novel?
(a) 1865.
(b) 1900.
(c) 1873.
(d) 1880.

4. Why is this year the hardest year of Ivan Ilych?
(a) His wife dies.
(b) His daughter is killed.
(c) His wife leaves him.
(d) He is passed over for promotion.

5. His memories of the past lead Ivan specifically to where?
(a) The day he met his wife.
(b) School.
(c) That fateful day he fell off the step ladder.
(d) His childhood.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ivan Ilych feel toward what he hears down the hall?

2. Which character is introduced in Chapter 7?

3. When Peter Ivanovich encounters Ivan Ilych's daughter and fiance, how to they look?

4. How does Ivan relieve his suffering that night in Chapter 9?

5. What does Ivan realize in Chapter 7?

(see the answer key)

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