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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Who is Ivan Ilych's wife?
(a) Praskovya Fedorovna.
(b) Lisa.
(c) Gerasim.
(d) Vladimir Ivanich.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What has Ivan Ilych's ambitions resulted in?

2. What is the setting of Chapter 1?

3. Why does Ivan Ilych have difficulty working?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Ivan's self-revelation turn into?

2. Describe Ivan's appearance in Chapter 5.

3. What is the conflict that Ivan experiences in Chapter 8?

4. Why do you think Ivan has more difficulty avoiding the thought of his death at work?

5. Compare and contrast Ivan's wife and Gerasim in Chapter 8.

6. How is Ivan's experience of death in Chapter 2 similar to Peter Ivanovich's experience of death in Chapter 1?

7. In Chapter 11, what does Ivan reveal about himself when he was younger, and what happened to it?

8. How could Ivan's death serve as an awakening for his lifetime acquaintance, Peter? Does Peter avail himself of this awakening?

9. Ivan's realization about himself in Chapter 11prompts him to discover something about himself. What does he discover and how does it affect him?

10. Describe how Ivan is torn in Chapter 9 and what affect this has on him?

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