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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Ivan Ilych one day as he is adjusting a curtain?
(a) Ivan falls on his wife.
(b) Ivan falls and breaks his leg.
(c) Ivan slips on a stepladder and receives a nasty bruise on his side.
(d) Ivan falls and rips the curtain.

2. What does Ivan Ilych think his wife wants of him?
(a) To be home for dinner every night.
(b) To be a good provider.
(c) To entertain her all the time.
(d) To be a good father to their children.

3. When does Ivan Ilych take a leave of absence from his job?
(a) The summer of 1880.
(b) The day after he is not promoted.
(c) The following year.
(d) The summer of 1865.

4. Why is it ironic that Ivan resents that his death is trivial?
(a) Ivan enjoys all the attention his illness is getting him.
(b) Ivan isn't dying.
(c) His life has been trivial all along and that never bothered him.
(d) Ivan wouldn't die if he would just take his medicine.

5. How does Ivan Ilych's wife react to each child's loss?
(a) She pretends that the child isn't dead for months.
(b) She becomes more ill temperered.
(c) She wants to try for another child immediately.
(d) She decides to have no more children.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the beginning of Chapter 3, what is Ivan Ilych's professional title?

2. What does Ivan Ilych admit to himself for the first time after seeing himself in the mirror?

3. Who is the first to leave the event that happened on Friday?

4. When does Ivan Ilych's pain worsen?

5. What does the doctor ignore?

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