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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9 and 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Luzhin asks the doctor who he is, what is the psychiatrist's reply?
(a) A well-wisher.
(b) A doctor.
(c) A psychiatrist.
(d) A friend.

2. What does Luzhin's fiancee threaten that she will do, if he starts thinking about chess?
(a) Not marry him.
(b) Stop loving him.
(c) Kill herself.
(d) Beat him.

3. When Luzhin runs away from home, what does he learn from his aunt?
(a) That she is marrying his former chess partner.
(b) That his former chess partner has died.
(c) That she has been having an affair with Luzhin's father.
(d) That his former chess partner has left the country.

4. What does the doctor give to Luzhin?
(a) A chess timer.
(b) A chess handbook.
(c) A set of chess pieces.
(d) A chess board.

5. When Luzhin meets his future wife's mother, what is the mother's opinion of him?
(a) That he is delightful.
(b) That he is a boor.
(c) That he is a too-slick con artist.
(d) That he is too good for her daughter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What anniversary of Luzhin's grandfather's death is it at the beginning of Chapter 3?

2. Where does Luzhin's father send Luzhin, after the chess lesson is interrupted?

3. Three days before Luzhin's departure, when he is walking with his future wife and her mother, what does the mother ask her daughter to run back and get for her?

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

5. What does Luzhin think vaguely of, but is unable to recall, while he is ill in the sanatorium?

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