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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Praskovya Fedorovna's relationship to the main character?
(a) Wife.
(b) Son.
(c) Daughter.
(d) Servant.

3. What does Ivan figure out in Chapter 10 about his life?
(a) That he could have done things differently if he had gotten that promotion.
(b) That his life is a web of lies.
(c) That he should have married his true love.
(d) That his family is all he needs.

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

5. What are the symptoms that Ivan Ilych has?
(a) He had terrible headaches and is balding.
(b) He is unable to walk and or lift his right arm.
(c) He has gained a lot of weight and limps.
(d) He is thin and yellow.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Ivan's drugs help his wife and doctors?

2. When Ivan Ilych discovers what makes his pain worse, how does he deal with it?

3. What does food become to Ivan?

4. Why does Ivan Ilych think that his case might not be so serious after all?

5. Ivan Ilych knows he gave his life to what?

(see the answer key)

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