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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 is too busy to think about it.
(b) He thinks he is being foolish.
(c) To protect himself.
(d) He thinks he can still get well.

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

3. Which character does Chapter 2 discuss?
(a) Peter Ivanovich.
(b) Praskovya Fedorovna.
(c) Ivan Ilych.
(d) Gerasim.

4. What does Ivan Ilych think of his marriage?
(a) It is happy.
(b) It is unhappy.
(c) It is all he ever wanted.
(d) It is exciting.

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

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

7. How does Ivan Ilych react to the thought that he is dying?
(a) Sadness.
(b) Fear.
(c) Deep depression.
(d) Rage.

8. When Ivan Ilych looks in the mirror some time after greeting his brother-in-law, what does he see for the first time?
(a) A tumor.
(b) How healthy he now looks.
(c) How old he really is.
(d) How thin and yellow he has become.

9. When Peter Ivanovich encounters Ivan Ilych's daughter and fiance, how to they look?
(a) Angry.
(b) Ready to cry.
(c) Happy together.
(d) Inconvienenced.

10. Why does Ivan Ilych have difficulty working?
(a) Because the pain is too great.
(b) Because he isn't as interested in it as he used to be.
(c) Because he's been away from work for too long.
(d) Because death intrudes his thoughts there, too.

11. To what or whom does Peter Ivanovich refuse to yield to?
(a) Ivan Ilych.
(b) Any depressing thoughts.
(c) The bicycle on the left.
(d) The prosecution.

12. Where does Ivan try to work?
(a) The university nearby.
(b) The law courts.
(c) He doesn't try to work.
(d) His study.

13. When Ivan Ilych gets home from the doctor, what does he do?
(a) Sits down and takes a nap.
(b) Asks his wife why dinner isn't ready.
(c) Tries to tell his wife and daughter everything.
(d) Breaks down and sobs uncontrollably.

14. What is the conflict in Chapter 5?
(a) Ivan still cannot accept that he may be dying.
(b) Ivan feels that know one is listening to him.
(c) Ivan dislikes his brother-in-law but must visit with him.
(d) Ivan cannot stay awake, but he has work to do.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Ivan Ilych find a new job?

2. Who helps Ivan Ilych begin to realize that he is dying?

3. Why is it ironic that Ivan resents that his death is trivial?

4. What does the doctor ignore?

5. Why does Ivan Ilych react to his realization the way he does?

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