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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is wrong with Ivan Ilych's current job?
(a) There's not enough to do.
(b) It's boring.
(c) The money isn't enough to keep up with his standard of living.
(d) The workload is too heavy.

2. How does Ivan Ilych respond when confronted with the symptoms of his illness?
(a) Ivan begins to cry.
(b) Ivan asks his daughter for help.
(c) Ivan asserts that they are all in good health.
(d) Ivan tells his wife.

3. Why does Ivan Ilych marry?
(a) He is in love.
(b) He wants his wife's money.
(c) It seems expected of him.
(d) His father-in-law forces him.

4. Who did Peter Ivanovich meet first at Ivan Ilych's house?
(a) Ivan Ilych.
(b) Schwartz.
(c) Gerasim.
(d) Praskovya Fedorovna.

5. How old is Ivan Ilych's son?
(a) Still in diapers.
(b) Of schoolboy age.
(c) Of an elderly nature.
(d) Old enough to be driving.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ivan's wife tell him to do in Chapter 9?

2. With whom does Ivan Ilych play the game that he enjoys?

3. What has Ivan's wife ordered in Chapter 8?

4. Ivan Ilych finally realizes, after seeing himself in the mirror, that his condition is a question of what?

5. How did Peter Ivanovich learn the fate of the main character?

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