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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many of Ivan Ilych's children die?
(a) None.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 5.

2. How did Peter Ivanovich learn the fate of the main character?
(a) From Praskovya Fedorovna.
(b) From reading the newspaper.
(c) From an announcement in the judge's chamber.
(d) From a messager sent to tell him.

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

4. What did Praskovya Fedorovna tell Peter Ivanovich about the main character?
(a) He lay screaming almost non-stop for the last three days.
(b) He is excited about his daughter's wedding.
(c) He will make a wonderful grandfather.
(d) He is an excellent dancer.

5. How does Ivan Ilych's wife react to each child's loss?
(a) She decides to have no more children.
(b) She becomes more ill temperered.
(c) She wants to try for another child immediately.
(d) She pretends that the child isn't dead for months.

6. When does Ivan Ilych's pain worsen?
(a) In the evening after dinner.
(b) During the night.
(c) In the morning after he wakes up.
(d) When he is upset.

7. Why does Ivan Ilych react to his realization the way he does?
(a) He somehow feels he is exempt from death.
(b) He doesn't want to leave his family.
(c) He knows he has done some terrible things in his life.
(d) He cannot believe he is dying so young.

8. How does Ivan Ilych respond when confronted with the symptoms of his illness?
(a) Ivan asks his daughter for help.
(b) Ivan begins to cry.
(c) Ivan tells his wife.
(d) Ivan asserts that they are all in good health.

9. How does Ivan Ilych deal with the revelation in Chapter 6?
(a) He spends more times with his wife.
(b) He plans to stop his daughter's marriage.
(c) He despairs continuously.
(d) He starts finds a suitable book in which to write his memoirs.

10. How long ago did Ivan Ilych start his career?
(a) 17 years ago.
(b) So long ago he can't remember.
(c) 6 years ago.
(d) 20 years ago.

11. Even after Ivan Ilych realizes that he is going to die, what kinds of thoughts does he try to think about?
(a) Thoughts that he considers more proper and healthy.
(b) How he can stop his daughter's marriage.
(c) What he needs to do to become healthy again.
(d) How he can spend more time at the office.

12. Why does Ivan Ilych's animosity toward his former colleagues vanish?
(a) He realizes he was being foolish.
(b) Ivan Ilych's new position places him two steps above them.
(c) They give him the promotion when he returns from his leave of absence.
(d) One of his former colleagues asks for his daughter's hand in marriage.

13. Why doesn't Ivan Ilych change his life?
(a) His wife won't let him change it.
(b) He has no imagination for creating another life.
(c) He doesn't have enough money to change it the way he wants it.
(d) He likes his life as it is.

14. What is the setting of Chapter 1?
(a) The courtroom.
(b) The church.
(c) Ivan Ilych's house.
(d) The judge's chamber.

15. What does Ivan Ilych see as "doing his duty?"
(a) To do whatever pleases those in authority.
(b) To be the best father to his children.
(c) To do whatever pleases his wife.
(d) To serve the judicial system honorably.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much will Ivan Ilych's new job pay on moving expenses?

2. What does Ivan Ilych do the more he senses that his wife is bored all the time?

3. What has Ivan Ilych used as an escape from reality?

4. Why does Ivan Ilych have difficulty working?

5. Who says, "death will come to everyone as God's will?"

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