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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What medicines are often given to Ivan?
(a) Penicillin and morphine.
(b) Opium and morphine.
(c) There is no medicine that can help Ivan.
(d) Penicillin and opium.

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

3. Which character is introduced in Chapter 7?
(a) Peter Ivanovich.
(b) Gerasim.
(c) Vladimir Ivanich.
(d) Schwartz.

4. His memories make it difficult for Ivan to do what?
(a) Deal with the pain.
(b) Stay in the present.
(c) Face the fact that he is dying.
(d) Face the truth of the life he created for himself as an adult.

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

6. 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 sends her away.
(d) He pretends to be asleep.

7. In Chapter 10, how does Ivan feel about his memories of the past?
(a) The memories are shocking.
(b) The memories devastating.
(c) The memories are painful.
(d) The memories are joyful.

8. How do most people treat Ivan's dying?
(a) As an imposition.
(b) As a relief.
(c) As an opportunity to show their love for him.
(d) As a tragedy.

9. Instead, what does Ivan think about in Chapter 10?
(a) His work.
(b) Death.
(c) The promotion he didn't get that cause him to be in this situation.
(d) His appendix and his kidney.

10. For Ivan, what does the thought that he hasn't lived a good life cause?
(a) To be unable to sleep.
(b) More suffering.
(c) To be unable to eat.
(d) To be unable to see his family.

11. How does Ivan respond to his wife entering his room?
(a) Ivan cries inconsolably.
(b) Ivan angrily asks her to let him die in peace.
(c) Ivan refuses to speak to her.
(d) Ivan welcomes the company.

12. Of what does Ivan's wife try to convince him?
(a) That he looks better everyday.
(b) That she has ordered the specialist for him.
(c) That she loves him more than ever.
(d) That she is sorry he bought the new house.

13. What does Ivan think he was too quick to do?
(a) Suppress his attempts to resist what others considered good.
(b) Yell at his wife.
(c) Get up from his sofa.
(d) Leave his room.

14. Why does Ivan's wife enter his room in Chapter 11?
(a) To tell Ivan that their daughter's fiance has finally proposed.
(b) To keep him company.
(c) To make him comfortabe.
(d) To bring him something to eat.

15. How does Gerasim treat Ivan?
(a) As if he will be left some money if he is nice to Ivan.
(b) He is cheerful and kind and does not pretend Ivan will get well.
(c) The same as everyone else.
(d) As though he is glad to see Ivan go.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ivan do for the last three days of his life?

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

3. What does Ivan think may have been real after all?

4. How does Ivan feel when his wife enters his room in Chapter 8?

5. In Chapter 10, where is Ivan for the next two weeks?

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