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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did the sight of Ivan Ilych seem to convey to Peter Ivanovich?
(a) Reproach or warning.
(b) Anger and hostility.
(c) Conviction and righteousness.
(d) Optimism and joy.

3. Who is Ivan Ilych's wife?
(a) Lisa.
(b) Praskovya Fedorovna.
(c) Vladimir Ivanich.
(d) Gerasim.

4. After seeing himself for the first time in many months in the mirror, what reaction does Ivan Ilych have to what he sees?
(a) He is relieved that he was finally able to admit it.
(b) Anger rises up inside him.
(c) He becomes dizzy and faints.
(d) He falls for the second time.

5. Where did Ivan Ilych find a new job?
(a) In the town he'd been living in all his life.
(b) In Petersburg.
(c) In Moscow.
(d) In the town where his wife's brother lives.

6. Why does Ivan Ilych think that his case might not be so serious after all?
(a) Because the doctor tells him not to worry.
(b) Because his wife can go out as usual.
(c) Because he is feeling better already.
(d) Because he reads about it in a medical book.

7. Who is the main character?
(a) Ivan Ilych.
(b) Peter Ivanovich.
(c) Praskovya Fedorovna.
(d) Vladimir Ivanich.

8. What galls Ivan Ilych to think?
(a) That he cannot stop his daughter from marrying the wrong man.
(b) That he wasted so much time with his wife.
(c) That he will die over something so trivial.
(d) That he won't have enough time to finish his memoirs.

9. What is Ivan Ilych forced to do with his thoughts of death?
(a) Ignore them.
(b) Sit there and face them.
(c) Cry over them incessantly.
(d) Tell his wife about them.

10. With whom does Ivan Ilych play the game that he enjoys?
(a) Himself.
(b) His friends.
(c) His wife.
(d) His son.

11. What profession is Ivan Ilych?
(a) A doctor.
(b) A judge.
(c) A lawyer.
(d) A teacher.

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

13. What does Ivan Ilych do for a few hours after seeing himself in the mirror for the first time in quite a while?
(a) He cries uncontrollable.
(b) He sleeps.
(c) He screams at anyone who looks at him.
(d) Ivan tries to think positively about his situation.

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

15. What does Ivan Ilych try to understand?
(a) How to arrange his life's work in his memoirs.
(b) How he could not have noticed his wife's beauty sooner.
(c) How his daughter could have accepted such a man's proposal of marriage.
(d) That he is dying.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many of Ivan Ilych's children die?

2. How much money does Ivan Ilych need to be paid?

3. What does Ivan Ilych admit to himself for the first time after seeing himself in the mirror?

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

5. How long ago did Ivan Ilych start his career?

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