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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the doctor ignore?
(a) Ivan's fear that bruises are starting to spread all over his body.
(b) Ivan's wife's questions.
(c) Ivan's ability to pay him.
(d) The question as to whether or not Ivan's case is serious.

2. What does Ivan Ilych's wife tell him to do, after he gets back from the doctor?
(a) Take his medicine.
(b) Be quiet.
(c) Go to his bed and rest.
(d) Tell her all about the doctor's visit.

3. His memories make it difficult for Ivan to do what?
(a) Stay in the present.
(b) Deal with the pain.
(c) Face the truth of the life he created for himself as an adult.
(d) Face the fact that he is dying.

4. In Chapter 11, what does his awareness about his deceptions cause Ivan to do?
(a) Beg forgiveness.
(b) Groan aloud.
(c) Scream.
(d) Cry.

5. What does Ivan Ilych hear down the hall?
(a) Footsteps.
(b) An intruder.
(c) His family visiting with his brother-in-law.
(d) His family getting the house ready for the party that night.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. To what event did Peter Ivanovich go to on Friday?

3. How does Ivan Ilych's view his life?

4. What has Ivan Ilych used as an escape from reality?

5. What does Ivan Ilych recognize in the doctor's professional air?

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