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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 becomes dizzy and faints.
(b) Anger rises up inside him.
(c) He falls for the second time.
(d) He is relieved that he was finally able to admit it.

2. 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 he is feeling better already.
(c) Because his wife can go out as usual.
(d) Because he reads about it in a medical book.

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

4. Who says, "death will come to everyone as God's will?"
(a) Ivan Ilych's son.
(b) Praskovya Fedorovna.
(c) Gerasim.
(d) Peter Ivanovich.

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

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

7. What are two of Ivan Ilych's symptoms?
(a) Nose bleeds and a terrible limp.
(b) The weird taste in his mouth and his craving for blintzes.
(c) Other bruises appear on his body and the pain in his side.
(d) The weird taste in his mouth and the pain in his side.

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

9. How does Ivan Ilych's wife react to his worsening pain?
(a) She criticizes him for fixing the curtain.
(b) She ignores him.
(c) She chastises him for whining.
(d) She insists he see a doctor.

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

11. How does Ivan try to live?
(a) Carefully, so as not to make his condition worse.
(b) With love in his heart toward all.
(c) As he lived before he was dying.
(d) Carefree.

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

13. What does Ivan Ilych hear down the hall?
(a) His family getting the house ready for the party that night.
(b) His family visiting with his brother-in-law.
(c) Footsteps.
(d) An intruder.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To what event did Peter Ivanovich go to on Friday?

2. What does the doctor ignore?

3. How old is Ivan Ilych's son?

4. Why does Ivan Ilych take his family there?

5. How much will Ivan Ilych's new job pay on moving expenses?

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