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The Death of Ivan Ilyich
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An 1886 novella by Leo Tolstoy. It tells the story of a high-court judge and his sufferings and death from a terminal illness in 19th-century Russia. Ivan finds it hard to come to terms that he is dying.
 

The Death of Ivan Ilyich
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1. Name The Character - Object - Or Idea Being Described By The Following Quotation: "So On Receiving The News Of Ivan Ilyich's Death The First Thought Of Each Of The Gentlemen In That Private Room Was Of The Changes And Promotions It Might Occasion Among Themselves Or Their Acquaintances"

2. Match The Following Quotation With The Character - Object - Or Idea Being Described: "She/He Slept Less And Less. She/He Was Given Opium And Hypodermic Injections Of Morphine - But This Did Not Relieve Him/Her"

3. Inclined To Or Heavy With Sleep; Drowsy

4. Ivan Ilyich:: "It Is As If I Had Been Going Downhill While I Imagined I Was Going Up. And That Is Really What It Was. I Was Going Up In Public Opinion - But To The Same Extent ______________. And Now It Is All Done And There Is Only Death."

5. Name The Speaker Of The Following Quotation: "That Must Be Very Unpleasant For You. You Must Forgive Me. I Am Helpless."

6. One Who Practices A System Of Medical Practice That Treats A Disease Especially By The Administration Of Minute Doses Of A Remedy That Would In Healthy Person Produce Symptoms Of The Disease Treated

7. With The Exception Of Gerasim And Vasya - Ivan's Son - How Could The People Around Ivan Iiyich Be Categorized?

8. Ivan Ilyich: "What If My Whole Life Has _________?"

9. Match The Following Quotation With The Character - Object - Or Idea Being Described: She/He "Did Not Think His Work Burdensome - Because He Was Doing It For A Dying Man And Hoped Someone Would Do The Same For Him When His Time Came."

10. Match The Following Quotation With The Character - Object - Or Idea Being Described: " [W]As His Case Serious Or Not?"

11. Is It Our Fault? It's As If We Were To Blame! I Am Sorry For Papa - But Why Should We Be Tortured?

12. A Material Used In Tanning And Dyeing That Consists Of Dried Powdered Leaves And Flowers Of Various Sumacs

13. Two Weeks

14. Indicate The Speaker/Thinker Of The Following Quotation: "What Is It You Want?"

15. Name The Speaker Of The Following Quotation: "He Screamed Incessantly. It Was Unendurable. I Cannot Understand How I Bore It: You Could Hear Him Three Rooms Off. Oh - What I Have Suffered."

16. Indicate The Character Or Object Being Described In The Following Quotation: Into It Ivan "Was Being Thrust By An Invisible - Resistless Force."

17. Match The Following Quotation With The Character - Object - Or Idea Being Described: "[H]E Was Not Dying But Was Simply Ill - And . . . He Only Need Keep Quiet And Undergo A Treatment And Then Something Very Good Would Result."

18. Indicate The Speaker/Thinker Of The Following Quotation: "Well - He's Dead But I'm Alive"

19. A Fine Leather From Goatskin Tanned With Sumac

20. Ndicate The Character Or Object Being Described By The Following Quotation: "He Wept On Account Of His Helplessness - His Terrible Loneliness - The Cruelty Of Man - The Cruelty Of God - And The Absence Of God."

21. Ivan Thought "That He And His Pain Were Being Thrust Into [It] - But Though They Were Pushed Further And Further In They Could Not Be_____________."

22. Name The Character - Object - Or Idea Being Described By The Following Quotation: "They Formed A Circle Of Acquaintances Among The Best People And Were Visited By People Of Importance And By Young Folk. . . . And Unanimously Kept At Arm's Length And Shook Off The Various Shabby Friends And Relations. . ."

23. Marked By Facility And Skill; Dexterous

24. Match The Following Quotation With The Character - Object - Or Thinker Being Described: He/She Was "Impatient With Illness - Suffering - And Death - Because They Interfered With Her Happiness."

25. A Feeling Of Weariness And Dissatisfaction

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