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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Ivan try to hang onto what he does at the end of his life?
(a) He thinks the alternative view will be unbearable.
(b) The idea of no afterlife frightens him.
(c) Being without his family will be unearable.
(d) He refuses to die.

2. How often does Ivan experience physical pain?
(a) Mostly in the morning.
(b) On and off.
(c) Constantly.
(d) Mostly at night.

3. What affects do these medicines have on Ivan?
(a) They make him delusional.
(b) They relieve his pain.
(c) They make him sleep most of the time.
(d) They make him depressed.

4. 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 she has ordered the specialist for him.
(d) That he looks better everyday.

5. Ivan feels no lasting comfort in what?
(a) His memories.
(b) His wife's presence.
(c) His confession.
(d) Taking communion.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Others see Ivan twitch and gasp for two more hours, but Ivan experiences what?

4. Why does Ivan's wife enter his room in Chapter 11?

5. What month of Ivan's illness begins Chapter 7?

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