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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ivan Ilych do for a few hours after seeing himself in the mirror for the first time in quite a while?
(a) He cries uncontrollable.
(b) He screams at anyone who looks at him.
(c) Ivan tries to think positively about his situation.
(d) He sleeps.

2. What does Ivan Ilych admit to himself for the first time after seeing himself in the mirror?
(a) That he is an excellent husband.
(b) That he is a good man.
(c) That he is dying.
(d) That he really wished he'd gone to medical school instead of becoming a lawyer.

3. Ivan Ilych finally realizes, after seeing himself in the mirror, that his condition is a question of what?
(a) Positive thinking.
(b) Whether he can afford his new house now that he is not able to work.
(c) Life or death.
(d) Whether the kidney or the appendix is diseased.

4. How many of Ivan Ilych's children die?
(a) 3.
(b) None.
(c) 2.
(d) 5.

5. When Ivan Ilych looks in the mirror some time after greeting his brother-in-law, what does he see for the first time?
(a) How thin and yellow he has become.
(b) How healthy he now looks.
(c) How old he really is.
(d) A tumor.

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

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

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

9. How does Ivan Ilych's view his life?
(a) As extraordinary.
(b) Exactly the way he hoped it would be.
(c) As most ordinary.
(d) As exciting.

10. What does Ivan Ilych see in the eyes of his brother-in-law?
(a) Shock.
(b) Sadness.
(c) Jealousy.
(d) Love.

11. Who is the main character?
(a) Vladimir Ivanich.
(b) Ivan Ilych.
(c) Peter Ivanovich.
(d) Praskovya Fedorovna.

12. After offering his condolences, what does Peter Ivanovich tell Praskovya Fedorovna?
(a) That Peter Ivanovich has been secretly in love with Praskovya Fedorovna for years.
(b) That Praskovya Fedorovna is very beautiful.
(c) That Peter Ivanovich must leave.
(d) That Praskovya Fedorovna has received all the money the government will give her.

13. After seeing himself in the mirror, what does Ivan Ilych finally admit to himself?
(a) That his wife is truly beautiful.
(b) That he must write his memoirs before it's too late.
(c) That his daughter is marrying the wrong man.
(d) That he is dying.

14. Where does Ivan Ilych take his family when he takes a leave of absence from his job?
(a) To America.
(b) To the countryside.
(c) To the seaside.
(d) To his wife's brother's family.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ivan Ilych guess the doctor's prognosis is?

2. Where does Ivan try to work?

3. What is wrong with Ivan Ilych's current job?

4. What is the conflict in Chapter 5?

5. When Ivan Ilych discovers what makes his pain worse, how does he deal with it?

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