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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. What important historical events does Luzhin's father feel inhibited by having to include in every novel?
(a) World War I and the Great Depression.
(b) World War I and the Armenian genocide.
(c) World War I and World War II.
(d) World War I and the Russian revolution.

2. Where does Luzhin find himself, as he tries to walk toward where he wants to go?
(a) In a dark alley.
(b) In a wooded park.
(c) In a train station.
(d) In an empty marketplace.

3. At the end of Luzhin's first day of play against Turati, what does Luzhin feel unable to do?
(a) Stay awake.
(b) Stay in the chess tournament room.
(c) Walk.
(d) Get up from his seat.

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

5. What painting does Luzhin take note of in his fiancee's parents' home?
(a) A painting of a Russian girl eating an apple.
(b) A painting of the buildings of Moscow.
(c) A painting of two dogs on a sofa.
(d) A painting of a horse and carriage in winter.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who interrupts Luzhin's first chess lesson?

2. Who do the drunk men find waiting up by a lighted window at Luzhin's fiancee's parents' house?

3. What happens when Luzhin goes to visit his father's grave after his death?

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

5. What year does Luzhin's father begin to write a novel whose main character is a chess-playing boy like his son?

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