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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long is Luzhin sick after running away?
(a) Two weeks.
(b) A week.
(c) Three days.
(d) A day.

2. How does Luzhin's first wife's mother find out Luzhin wants to marry her daughter?
(a) Luzhin asks the mother for her daughter's hand.
(b) The daughter tells her mother.
(c) The mother is told by a stranger at the hotel.
(d) The mother overhears Luzhin and the daughter talking.

3. How does Luzhin hurt himself during the chess game with Turati?
(a) He bangs his head against the wall.
(b) He kicks his foot against the table leg.
(c) He lights a match and then forgets about it.
(d) He slams his cane down on his hand.

4. How old is Luzhin when he returns to the German resort where he went to with his father when recovering from his illness?
(a) In his fifties.
(b) In his thirties.
(c) In his forties.
(d) In his twenties.

5. At the end of Chapter 8, where is Luzhin trying to go?
(a) To the place he stayed with his father in Germany as a boy.
(b) To his fiancee's parents' house.
(c) To the manor house he remembers from his youth.
(d) To his hotel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Luzhin's fiancee's mother tell him that he should do, when he comes to her home early and only she is there?

2. When does Luzhin's father return after going into town during the summer?

3. When Luzhin runs away from home, what does he learn from his aunt?

4. During the beginning of the chess game with Turati, who seems to be winning?

5. What does Luzhin's father suspect his son of looking for in illustrated magazines?

(see the answer key)

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