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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Father Sergius.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Ivan Ilych at the beginning of "The Death of Ivan Ilych"?
(a) A soldier.
(b) A law school graduate.
(c) A doctor.
(d) A bureaucrat.

2. What is Father Sergius's reason for wanting to be transferred out of the city?
(a) Lust for women.
(b) Desire for money.
(c) Desire for power.
(d) Desire for easy city ways.

3. What happened to Stepan Kasatsky when his father died?
(a) He was enrolled in military school.
(b) He was kept at home to be educated.
(c) He was sent to Europe for education.
(d) He was sent to a tutor in Moscow.

4. What was Pozdnyshev's justification for killing his wife?
(a) He caught her cheating on him.
(b) A jealous rage.
(c) Desire for her money.
(d) She was ill and suffering.

5. What was Stepan Kasatsky 'given to' from time to time?
(a) Fits of temper.
(b) Fits of jealousy.
(c) Fits of generosity.
(d) Fits of laughing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Ivan Ilych find in place of death?

2. How does Ivan Ilych feel about his life as he reviews it from his deathbed?

3. Who is Praskovya Federovna?

4. How does Tolstoy say Ivan Ilych's wife demonstrated mental problems?

5. What happens when Ivan Ilych becomes ill?

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