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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long ago did Ivan Ilych start his career?
(a) 20 years ago.
(b) 17 years ago.
(c) So long ago he can't remember.
(d) 6 years ago.

2. What does Ivan's wife tell him to do in Chapter 9?
(a) Open his window.
(b) Eat something.
(c) Take some opium.
(d) Go to sleep.

3. What major theme of the novel is introduced in Chapter 6?
(a) Without family we are nothing.
(b) Leave the curtain the way it is.
(c) Working too hard can kill you.
(d) We die as we live.

4. Why does Ivan Ilych's animosity toward his former colleagues vanish?
(a) One of his former colleagues asks for his daughter's hand in marriage.
(b) He realizes he was being foolish.
(c) Ivan Ilych's new position places him two steps above them.
(d) They give him the promotion when he returns from his leave of absence.

5. What is Ivan Ilych forced to do with his thoughts of death?
(a) Cry over them incessantly.
(b) Sit there and face them.
(c) Tell his wife about them.
(d) Ignore them.

Short Answer Questions

1. Ivan Ilych knows he gave his life to what?

2. Who does Ivan begin to question in Chapter 9?

3. Where did Ivan Ilych find a new job?

4. Who seems to answer Ivan's questions?

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

(see the answer key)

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