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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 is the setting of Chapter 1?
(a) The judge's chamber.
(b) The courtroom.
(c) The church.
(d) Ivan Ilych's house.
2. How many of Ivan Ilych's children die?
(a) 5.
(b) None.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.
3. Is Ivan Ilych in denial about his condition?
(a) Yes, he refuses to accept the seriousness of his condition.
(b) Yes, and his family is trying to convince him how serious his condition is.
(c) Yes, though his protective shield is starting to crack.
(d) No, he realizes he is going to die and is getting his will in order.
4. What two things that Ivan Ilych hears down the hall makes him react as he does?
(a) His family's good health and merriment.
(b) His children's youth and abilities.
(c) His friends' talents and good looks.
(d) The intruder's stealth and agility.
5. When Ivan Ilych discovers what makes his pain worse, how does he deal with it?
(a) He cries.
(b) He increases his dosage of his medication.
(c) He ignores things that might upset him.
(d) Ivan becomes constantly on guard against anything that might distress him.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Ivan Ilych consider the worst part of death?
2. How many children does Ivan Ilych and his wife have together?
3. When does Ivan Ilych's pain worsen?
4. Ivan Ilych's chief concern is to what?
5. Who is Ivan Ilych's wife?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why do you think Ivan has more difficulty avoiding the thought of his death at work?
2. Why does Ivan experience only temporary relief when his family leaves in Chapter 8?
3. What is the conflict that Ivan experiences in Chapter 8?
4. Why does Ivan fall into a profound depression?
5. Why do Ivan's wife and his doctor give him opium?
6. What does Gerasim symbolize?
7. Ivan's realization about himself in Chapter 11prompts him to discover something about himself. What does he discover and how does it affect him?
8. Why do Ivan's memories of the past make him feel the way they do?
9. When does Ivan's suffering begin to subside?
10. What is ironic about the opening of Chapter 3 when it states that 1880 is "the hardest year of Ivan's life?"
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