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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 6, is Ivan able to replace his thoughts of death?
(a) Yes, it works brilliantly.
(b) No, not all the time.
(c) No, it doesn't work anymore.
(d) Yes, but it takes time.

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

3. What does Ivan Ilych do the more he senses that his wife is bored all the time?
(a) He carves out a life independent from her.
(b) He buys a home near the sea.
(c) He takes her on vacation.
(d) He tries harder to make her happy.

4. What does Ivan Ilych see in the eyes of his brother-in-law?
(a) Shock.
(b) Jealousy.
(c) Sadness.
(d) Love.

5. How old is Ivan Ilych's son?
(a) Old enough to be driving.
(b) Of an elderly nature.
(c) Of schoolboy age.
(d) Still in diapers.

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

7. What offends Ivan Ilych the most about being passed over for a promotion?
(a) The person promoted is less qualified for the job than he is.
(b) Others seem to see his struggles as quite ordinary.
(c) Ivan had been told he was going to get the promotion.
(d) Ivan didn't get an apology from his boss for not promoting him.

8. Ivan Ilych finally realizes, after seeing himself in the mirror, that his condition is a question of what?
(a) Positive thinking.
(b) Whether the kidney or the appendix is diseased.
(c) Whether he can afford his new house now that he is not able to work.
(d) Life or death.

9. How does Ivan Ilych's wife behave toward his illness?
(a) She becomes melancholy.
(b) She avoids Ivan.
(c) She becomes more loving than ever before toward Ivan.
(d) She behaves as if Ivan has created this illness to annoy and inconvenience her.

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

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

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

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

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

15. What does Ivan Ilych admit to himself for the first time after seeing himself in the mirror?
(a) That he is an excellent husband.
(b) That he really wished he'd gone to medical school instead of becoming a lawyer.
(c) That he is dying.
(d) That he is a good man.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Ivan Ilych hear down the hall?

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

4. Why is this year the hardest year of Ivan Ilych?

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

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