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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the symptoms that Ivan Ilych has?
(a) He is unable to walk and or lift his right arm.
(b) He has gained a lot of weight and limps.
(c) He is thin and yellow.
(d) He had terrible headaches and is balding.

2. 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 falls and rips the curtain.
(d) Ivan slips on a stepladder and receives a nasty bruise on his side.

3. How much does Ivan sleep?
(a) All the time.
(b) As little as he eats.
(c) Four hours a night on good nights.
(d) All day but not at night.

4. Who does Ivan begin to question in Chapter 9?
(a) Gerasim.
(b) The doctor.
(c) His wife.
(d) God.

5. What does Ivan figure out in Chapter 10 about his life?
(a) That he could have done things differently if he had gotten that promotion.
(b) That his family is all he needs.
(c) That his life is a web of lies.
(d) That he should have married his true love.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Ivan Ilych's wife behave toward his illness?

2. What does Ivan Ilych see in the eyes of his brother-in-law?

3. Why does Ivan Ilych react to his realization the way he does?

4. Even after Ivan Ilych realizes that he is going to die, what kinds of thoughts does he try to think about?

5. By Chapter 10, how does Ivan feel in his thoughts?

(see the answer key)

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