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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what event did Peter Ivanovich go to on Friday?
(a) To a funeral.
(b) To a wedding.
(c) To argue a court case.
(d) To a grand ball.

2. What does Ivan Ilych's son's face look like?
(a) Tearstained.
(b) Freckled.
(c) Dirty.
(d) Sunburned.

3. In Chapter 6, is Ivan able to replace his thoughts of death?
(a) Yes, it works brilliantly.
(b) No, not all the time.
(c) Yes, but it takes time.
(d) No, it doesn't work anymore.

4. Why does Ivan Ilych react to his realization the way he does?
(a) He cannot believe he is dying so young.
(b) He somehow feels he is exempt from death.
(c) He doesn't want to leave his family.
(d) He knows he has done some terrible things in his life.

5. Why does Ivan Ilych try to replace thoughts of death?
(a) He thinks he is being foolish.
(b) He is too busy to think about it.
(c) He thinks he can still get well.
(d) To protect himself.

6. What causes Ivan Ilych much distress?
(a) Being constantly on guard against anything that might distress him.
(b) Not being able to continue working at his new job.
(c) His wife.
(d) The severe pain.

7. When Peter Ivanovich encounters Ivan Ilych's daughter and fiance, how to they look?
(a) Inconvienenced.
(b) Angry.
(c) Happy together.
(d) Ready to cry.

8. Why are his wife and daughter anxious when Ivan Ilych arrives home?
(a) They are anxious because Ivan had been gone so long.
(b) They are anxious to get the house clean for the party that night.
(c) They are anxious to go out.
(d) They are anxious to hear what the doctor had to say.

9. What does the doctor focus on?
(a) Whether or not Ivan can pay the bill.
(b) Whether the pain is coming from the appendix or the kidney.
(c) How many other patients are waiting to be seen.
(d) Whether or not the doctor has met Ivan before.

10. Who says, "death will come to everyone as God's will?"
(a) Praskovya Fedorovna.
(b) Ivan Ilych's son.
(c) Gerasim.
(d) Peter Ivanovich.

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

12. Why does Ivan Ilych's animosity toward his former colleagues vanish?
(a) They give him the promotion when he returns from his leave of absence.
(b) He realizes he was being foolish.
(c) Ivan Ilych's new position places him two steps above them.
(d) One of his former colleagues asks for his daughter's hand in marriage.

13. How much money does Ivan Ilych need to be paid?
(a) Enough to buy a summer house.
(b) No less than 10,000 rubles.
(c) Enough to afford to send his son to medical school.
(d) At least 5,000 rubles.

14. To what or whom does Peter Ivanovich refuse to yield to?
(a) The bicycle on the left.
(b) Any depressing thoughts.
(c) Ivan Ilych.
(d) The prosecution.

15. Why is Ivan Ilych able to find a new home that will please both him and his wife?
(a) His wife does what Ivan tells her to do.
(b) His wife realizes Ivan has to find a house for the family quickly.
(c) His wife will live anywhere so long as her family is with her.
(d) They have the same taste.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long ago did Ivan Ilych start his career?

2. What does Ivan Ilych do the more he senses that his wife is bored all the time?

3. What does Ivan Ilych see as "doing his duty?"

4. Who helps Ivan Ilych begin to realize that he is dying?

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

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