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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What broader concept about life does Ivan come to see once he feels he is pushed through the hole?
(a) That life is a struggle.
(b) That life is a cabaret.
(c) That life is meant to be difficult.
(d) That it can be lived well even if he didn't live well.

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

3. Who insisted that Ivan's wife and family go out?
(a) The doctor.
(b) Ivan.
(c) Ivan's wife.
(d) Ivan's daughter.

4. What has Ivan stopped thinking about by chapter 10?
(a) His work.
(b) His appendix and his kidney.
(c) How to get the promotion he felt he was due.
(d) Death.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Ivan recognize that his real life began to ebb?

2. What adds to Ivan's suffering?

3. When Ivan's son enters his room, what does his son do?

4. How do most people treat Ivan's dying?

5. How does Gerasim treat Ivan?

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