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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What injury does Luzhin's mother incur, one July day?
(a) She sprains her back.
(b) Her arm is pulled out of the socket.
(c) She sprains her foot.
(d) She breaks her wrist.

2. What do Luzhin and his father go to gather under the fir trees?
(a) Red bolete mushrooms.
(b) White daisies.
(c) Wild red roses.
(d) Wild mint leaves.

3. Luzhin spectacularly wins a chess game in Berlin after sacrificing what three pieces in a row?
(a) A queen, a rook, and a knight.
(b) A rook, a bishop, and a knight.
(c) A knight, a pawn, and a bishop.
(d) A pawn, a bishop, and a queen.

4. After Luzhin disappears, what does Petrishchev think?
(a) Petrishchev thinks Luzhin has grown rude in his old age.
(b) Petrishchev thinks he's offended Luzhin.
(c) Petrishchev thinks he's mistaken Luzhin for someone else.
(d) Petrishchev thinks he imagined Luzhin the whole time.

5. Where do the people at the chess tournament tell Luzhin to go?
(a) To his hotel.
(b) Out of Berlin.
(c) Home.
(d) Back to Russia.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Luzhin's future wife's mother think of his profession as a chess champion?

2. Where does Mrs. Luzhin take her husband that he's never been before?

3. What did Luzhin place in the German chess tournament in his youth?

4. How often do the Luzhins dine with Mrs. Luzhin's parents?

5. What is Luzhin's father-in-law doing when Luzhin visits him at his office?

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