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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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 screams at anyone who looks at him.
(b) Ivan tries to think positively about his situation.
(c) He cries uncontrollable.
(d) He sleeps.

4. What does Ivan Ilych feel toward what he hears down the hall?
(a) Pity.
(b) Love.
(c) Hate.
(d) Fear.

5. What happens to Ivan Ilych one day as he is adjusting a curtain?
(a) Ivan slips on a stepladder and receives a nasty bruise on his side.
(b) Ivan falls on his wife.
(c) Ivan falls and breaks his leg.
(d) Ivan falls and rips the curtain.

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

7. What does the doctor focus on?
(a) Whether or not Ivan can pay the bill.
(b) Whether the pain is coming from the appendix or the kidney.
(c) Whether or not the doctor has met Ivan before.
(d) How many other patients are waiting to be seen.

8. What did Peter Ivanovich realize as he was speaking to Praskovya Fedorovna?
(a) That Praskovya Fedorovna talks too much.
(b) That Praskovya Fedorovna just wants to know if there is any additional government grant she can receive.
(c) That Peter Ivanovich would like to marry Praskovya Fedorovna .
(d) That Praskovya Fedorovna is very beautiful.

9. What causes Ivan Ilych much distress?
(a) Not being able to continue working at his new job.
(b) Being constantly on guard against anything that might distress him.
(c) The severe pain.
(d) His wife.

10. Who is the first to leave the event that happened on Friday?
(a) Ivan Ilych's son.
(b) Peter Ivanovich.
(c) Praskovya Fedorovna.
(d) Ivan Ilych's daughter and fiance.

11. How does Ivan Ilych's view his life?
(a) As most ordinary.
(b) As exciting.
(c) Exactly the way he hoped it would be.
(d) As extraordinary.

12. After seeing himself in the mirror, what does Ivan Ilych finally admit to himself?
(a) That his daughter is marrying the wrong man.
(b) That his wife is truly beautiful.
(c) That he must write his memoirs before it's too late.
(d) That he is dying.

13. How does the doctor respond when Ivan Ilych presses him for an answer to the seriousness of his symptoms?
(a) The doctor tells Ivan that he has only weeks to live.
(b) The doctor tells Ivan that it isn't anything to worry about.
(c) The doctor states that he has already told Ivan what he considers proper.
(d) The doctor tells Ivan he needs to do more tests.

14. How does Ivan Ilych react to his worsening pain?
(a) He decides to stay in bed all day.
(b) He begs the doctor for medication to releave the pain.
(c) He becomes delirious.
(d) He becomes increasingly irritable.

15. Why is it ironic that Ivan resents that his death is trivial?
(a) Ivan isn't dying.
(b) Ivan wouldn't die if he would just take his medicine.
(c) His life has been trivial all along and that never bothered him.
(d) Ivan enjoys all the attention his illness is getting him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What major theme of the novel is introduced in Chapter 6?

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

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

4. Who did Peter Ivanovich meet first at Ivan Ilych's house?

5. What does Ivan Ilych recognize in the doctor's professional air?

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