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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the idea that he hasn't lived a good life stop Ivan from being able to do?
(a) getting better.
(b) Moving forward.
(c) eating.
(d) being soothed.

2. How does Ivan's wife explain why she ordered what she did in Chapter 8?
(a) Because she can see Ivan is tired and needs rest.
(b) Fresh air will will rid Ivan's room of impurities.
(c) She is certain this doctor can cure Ivan.
(d) To put her mind at ease.

3. 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.

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

5. In Chapter 8, Ivan is angry with whom?
(a) Those around him who act like everything is normal.
(b) Those who wouldn't promote him at his old job.
(c) The doctor.
(d) Everyone.

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

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

8. What does Ivan's wife tell him to do in Chapter 9?
(a) Take some opium.
(b) Eat something.
(c) Go to sleep.
(d) Open his window.

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

10. Why does Ivan say his mental pain is worse?
(a) He cannot believe that he is dying from falling off a step ladder.
(b) One moment he wants it all to be over. The next moment he doesn't want to die.
(c) He wishes he had never left his old job and bought this house.
(d) He cannot bear to leave his family.

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

12. What is the hardest thing for Ivan to bear?
(a) The pain.
(b) Not being able to sleep much.
(c) That others have to be involved in his excretions.
(d) Not being able to eat his favorite foods.

13. Who seems to answer Ivan's questions?
(a) His wife.
(b) God.
(c) Gerasim.
(d) The doctor.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Ivan react to his memories?

2. How does Ivan respond to his wife entering his room?

3. Ivan compares the doctor's visit to what?

4. Who insisted that Ivan's wife and family go out?

5. How much does Ivan sleep?

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