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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Ivan Ilych's relationship with his wife affect his work?
(a) He misses several days.
(b) He becomes close friends with the judge.
(c) He is unprepared for court.
(d) He becomes more and more ambitious.

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

3. 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 is dying.
(c) That he is a good man.
(d) That he really wished he'd gone to medical school instead of becoming a lawyer.

4. Who is the first character introduced in Chapter 5?
(a) Ivan's brother-in-law.
(b) Ivan's doctor.
(c) Ivan.
(d) Ivan's wife.

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

6. Who comes to visit Ivan Ilych in Chapter 5?
(a) Schwartz.
(b) His brother-in-law.
(c) Peter Ivanovich.
(d) Vladimir Ivanich.

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

8. 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) He cries uncontrollable.
(c) He sleeps.
(d) Ivan tries to think positively about his situation.

9. What galls Ivan Ilych to think?
(a) That he will die over something so trivial.
(b) That he cannot stop his daughter from marrying the wrong man.
(c) That he won't have enough time to finish his memoirs.
(d) That he wasted so much time with his wife.

10. How long after Ivan Ilych sees the doctor does Chapter 5 begin?
(a) 1 week later.
(b) 2 days later.
(c) 2 months later.
(d) 1 year later.

11. Even after Ivan Ilych realizes that he is going to die, what kinds of thoughts does he try to think about?
(a) Thoughts that he considers more proper and healthy.
(b) How he can stop his daughter's marriage.
(c) How he can spend more time at the office.
(d) What he needs to do to become healthy again.

12. How much money does Ivan Ilych need to be paid?
(a) No less than 10,000 rubles.
(b) Enough to afford to send his son to medical school.
(c) Enough to buy a summer house.
(d) At least 5,000 rubles.

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

14. How does Ivan Ilych respond when confronted with the symptoms of his illness?
(a) Ivan asks his daughter for help.
(b) Ivan asserts that they are all in good health.
(c) Ivan tells his wife.
(d) Ivan begins to cry.

15. 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 death intrudes his thoughts there, too.
(d) Because he's been away from work for too long.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Praskovya Fedorovna's relationship to the main character?

2. Who says, "death will come to everyone as God's will?"

3. What happens to Ivan Ilych one day as he is adjusting a curtain?

4. When Ivan Ilych looks in the mirror some time after greeting his brother-in-law, what does he see for the first time?

5. When does Ivan Ilych believe his illness began?

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