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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Peter Ivanovich realize as he was speaking to Praskovya Fedorovna?
(a) That Praskovya Fedorovna talks too much.
(b) That Praskovya Fedorovna just wants to know if there is any additional government grant she can receive.
(c) That Peter Ivanovich would like to marry Praskovya Fedorovna .
(d) That Praskovya Fedorovna is very beautiful.

2. Why is Ivan Ilych able to find a new home that will please both him and his wife?
(a) They have the same taste.
(b) His wife will live anywhere so long as her family is with her.
(c) His wife does what Ivan tells her to do.
(d) His wife realizes Ivan has to find a house for the family quickly.

3. What has Ivan Ilych's ambitions resulted in?
(a) Terrible headaches.
(b) Increasing levels of power at work.
(c) Tension between he and his wife.
(d) Alienation of his children.

4. How does Ivan Ilych's view his life?
(a) Exactly the way he hoped it would be.
(b) As extraordinary.
(c) As most ordinary.
(d) As exciting.

5. Who helps Ivan Ilych begin to realize that he is dying?
(a) His wife.
(b) His brother-in-law.
(c) His doctor.
(d) His daughter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the conflict in Chapter 5?

2. With whom does Ivan Ilych play the game that he enjoys?

3. How did Peter Ivanovich learn the fate of the main character?

4. How does Ivan Ilych react to the thought that he is dying?

5. When Ivan Ilych gets home from the doctor, what does he do?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Ivan characterized in Chapter 3?

2. What is the major conflict in "The Death of Ivan Ilych?" What is a minor conflict in "The Death of Ivan Ilych?"

3. What is the setting of Chapter 1?

4. What sort of world has Ivan left behind? Give 3 examples to support your idea(s).

5. Why do Ivan's memories of the past make him feel the way they do?

6. Ivan's realization about himself in Chapter 11prompts him to discover something about himself. What does he discover and how does it affect him?

7. Examine the irony in Chapter 8.

8. What is ironic about the opening of Chapter 3 when it states that 1880 is "the hardest year of Ivan's life?"

9. Identify the crisis for Ivan in Chapter 5.

10. In Chapter 11, what does Ivan reveal about himself when he was younger, and what happened to it?

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