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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Luzhin do the previous Christmas with the chocolates meant for his aunt?
(a) He carefully wrapped each chocolate and arranged them in the box for her.
(b) He ate half and rearranged the rest to hide the missing ones.
(c) He kept the chocolates and gave her a different preset.
(d) He put the chocolates in a new box to give to her.

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

3. After his wife's old friend from Russia visits, how does Luzhin begin seeing his life?
(a) As a machine made of cogs.
(b) As a game of chess.
(c) As a battle.
(d) As a book written by his father.

4. Who has been educating Luzhin at home, before his enrollment in school?
(a) A governess.
(b) No one.
(c) His father.
(d) His mother.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the doctor and Luzhin's fiancee call his years of playing chess?

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

3. What is Luzhin's problem in school?

4. What is the house number of Luzhin's father's former house?

5. What painting does Luzhin take note of in his fiancee's parents' home?

(see the answer key)

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