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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 11, what does his awareness about his deceptions cause Ivan to do?
(a) Scream.
(b) Cry.
(c) Groan aloud.
(d) Beg forgiveness.

2. What does Ivan do for the last three days of his life?
(a) Sleeps.
(b) Bleeds.
(c) Cries.
(d) Screams.

3. When Ivan's son enters his room, what does his son do?
(a) He lays his head on Ivan's chest.
(b) He catches Ivan's flailing hand and kisses it.
(c) He cries quietly.
(d) He stands by his mother silently.

4. What does Ivan find once he feels he is pushed through the hole?
(a) The ability to spend his last moments with his family.
(b) Strength to deal with the pain.
(c) LIght at the bottom.
(d) Peace.

5. What does Ivan begin to review in Chapter 11?
(a) The proposal he gave his wife so long ago.
(b) The periodic table.
(c) His whole life and all his relationships.
(d) The speech he wants to give to his soon to be son-in-law.

6. Others see Ivan twitch and gasp for two more hours, but Ivan experiences what?
(a) Joy.
(b) Fear.
(c) Sadness.
(d) Pain.

7. What does Ivan realize when he looks back at his life?
(a) That there is nothing that the doctors can do for him.
(b) That the only real and honest pleasures were in his childhood.
(c) That he really doesn't want to die.
(d) That he loves the life he has created with his family.

8. What does Ivan realize in Chapter 7?
(a) That he misses work terribly.
(b) That he is not as sick as he has thought.
(c) That his wife doesn't love him.
(d) That everyone is waiting for him to die.

9. How long does Ivan ponder his broader concept about life before his actual death?
(a) One hour.
(b) A half hour.
(c) Two hours.
(d) Moments before.

10. One evening, Ivan's wife comes into his room to visit dressed how?
(a) For the theater.
(b) For a trip.
(c) For a funeral.
(d) For a visit from another specialist.

11. What does Ivan seriously consider in Chapter 11?
(a) Living to see his daughter married.
(b) That he is dying.
(c) Murdering his wife.
(d) The idea that he has lived wrongly.

12. What has Ivan stopped thinking about by chapter 10?
(a) His appendix and his kidney.
(b) His work.
(c) Death.
(d) How to get the promotion he felt he was due.

13. How does Ivan react to what his wife wants to do when she returns from the theater?
(a) He welcomes her company.
(b) He asks her to tell him all about the concert.
(c) He pretends to be asleep.
(d) He sends her away.

14. Who is Ivan's family going to see at the end of Chatper 8?
(a) Sarah Bernhardt.
(b) Enrico Caruso.
(c) Harry Houdini.
(d) Charles Dicksons.

15. Who does Ivan begin to question in Chapter 9?
(a) His wife.
(b) The doctor.
(c) Gerasim.
(d) God.

Short Answer Questions

1. How often does Ivan experience physical pain?

2. For Ivan, what does the thought that he hasn't lived a good life cause?

3. What broader concept about life does Ivan come to see once he feels he is pushed through the hole?

4. How do most people treat Ivan's dying?

5. His memories of the past lead Ivan specifically to where?

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