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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Of what does Ivan's wife try to convince him?

3. In Chapter 11, what does Ivan do at his wife's suggestion?

4. What does Ivan think he was too quick to do?

5. What does Ivan try to hang onto at the end of his life?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Is there a reason Tolstoy does not give a name to Ivan's disease? How does the unnamed disease relate to the central themes? Why would Tolstoy not name the disease that kills Ivan?

Essay Topic 2

What is the discontinuity between how character's act and what they feel throughout the novel? Why is how they act different than how they feel?

Essay Topic 3

Explain how Ivan goes through the five stages of dying. What emotions does he experience?

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