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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ivan's wife want to do when she returns from the theater?
(a) Have dinner.
(b) Sit with Ivan.
(c) Go to bed.
(d) Have some wine.

2. What does Ivan figure out in Chapter 10 about his life?
(a) That his life is a web of lies.
(b) That he could have done things differently if he had gotten that promotion.
(c) That his family is all he needs.
(d) That he should have married his true love.

3. What does Ivan try to hang onto at the end of his life?
(a) His family.
(b) His last breath.
(c) The notion that his life has been a good one.
(d) His belief in God.

4. What adds to Ivan's suffering?
(a) He is torn between cooperating and resisting.
(b) The thought that he is dying.
(c) The many tests that the doctor's insist on performing each day.
(d) HIs wife's constant babbling about the house.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 11, what does his awareness about his deceptions cause Ivan to do?

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

3. What does Ivan's wife tell him to do in Chapter 9?

4. Why does Ivan try to hang onto what he does at the end of his life?

5. What does Ivan realize when he looks back at his life?

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