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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What two things that Ivan Ilych hears down the hall makes him react as he does?
(a) His children's youth and abilities.
(b) His friends' talents and good looks.
(c) His family's good health and merriment.
(d) The intruder's stealth and agility.

2. When does Ivan Ilych believe his illness began?
(a) When he bought his new house.
(b) When he went back to work.
(c) When he fell off the ladder and bruised his side.
(d) When he moved in with his brother-in-law.

3. Why does Ivan's wife enter his room in Chapter 11?
(a) To tell Ivan that their daughter's fiance has finally proposed.
(b) To keep him company.
(c) To make him comfortabe.
(d) To bring him something to eat.

4. Ivan Ilych's chief concern is to what?
(a) To get his wife to listen to him.
(b) To follow doctor's orders exactly.
(c) To continue working at his new job.
(d) To be well enough to attend the party that evening.

5. How do Ivan's drugs help his wife and doctors?
(a) The drugs make it easier for him to sleep.
(b) The drugs make them feel better because they ease his pain.
(c) The drugs make Ivan easier to be with.
(d) The drugs only serve their convenience in keeping Ivan quiet.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why doesn't Ivan Ilych change his life?

2. What is Praskovya Fedorovna's relationship to the main character?

3. What does Ivan Ilych feel toward what he hears down the hall?

4. Is Ivan Ilych in denial about his condition?

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

(see the answer key)

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