Question 1. Define "plot." Name and describe three elements of plot.
Question 2. What is a "novel"? What is the difference between a novel and a novella?
Question 3. Consider Kennedy's question #4 (p. 317): "Do you think Tolstoy would have improved the story had he placed the events in chronological order? What would be lost if the opening scene of Ivan Ilych's colleagues at the law courts and the wake scene were to be given last?"
Question 4. From the opening chapter of The Death of Ivan Ilych, we learn that the protagonist has died. Where, then, does the suspense of the novel originate?
Question 5. Using examples from the text, compose several paragraphs (100 words) explaining how the narrator creates the impression that Ivan Ilych's associates and family feel inconvenienced by dying and death. Conclude by commenting on the accuracy or inaccuracy of these observations.