View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What has happened to the main character?
(a) He has just become a grandfather.
(b) He has died.
(c) He has been promoted.
(d) He has been newly wed.

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

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

6. Who did Peter Ivanovich meet first at Ivan Ilych's house?
(a) Gerasim.
(b) Schwartz.
(c) Praskovya Fedorovna.
(d) Ivan Ilych.

7. Why is this year the hardest year of Ivan Ilych?
(a) He is passed over for promotion.
(b) His wife dies.
(c) His daughter is killed.
(d) His wife leaves him.

8. Ivan Ilych knows he gave his life to what?
(a) Decorating his house.
(b) His family.
(c) To getting that promotion that he knows he deserves.
(d) The law.

9. What two things that Ivan Ilych hears down the hall makes him react as he does?
(a) The intruder's stealth and agility.
(b) His family's good health and merriment.
(c) His friends' talents and good looks.
(d) His children's youth and abilities.

10. What game does Ivan Ilych like to play?
(a) Solitaire.
(b) Poker.
(c) Bridge.
(d) Hearts.

11. How many children does Ivan Ilych and his wife have together?
(a) None.
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) 2.

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

13. What major theme of the novel is introduced in Chapter 6?
(a) Working too hard can kill you.
(b) Leave the curtain the way it is.
(c) Without family we are nothing.
(d) We die as we live.

14. When does Ivan Ilych believe his illness began?
(a) When he fell off the ladder and bruised his side.
(b) When he bought his new house.
(c) When he moved in with his brother-in-law.
(d) When he went back to work.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are his wife and daughter anxious when Ivan Ilych arrives home?

2. Who comes to visit Ivan Ilych in Chapter 5?

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

4. Is Ivan Ilych successful in understanding this?

5. How does Ivan Ilych's view his life?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 539 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample