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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5 and 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What anniversary of Luzhin's grandfather's death is it at the beginning of Chapter 3?
(a) The tenth.
(b) The first.
(c) The fifth.
(d) The second.

2. When Luzhin suggests teaching his son chess, where in the country house do they find a chess set?
(a) In the library.
(b) Under the stairs.
(c) In the cellar.
(d) In the attic.

3. Where is Luzhin's father when the idea for a novel about a boy like his son hits him?
(a) At a park, passing the time before his train is due to leave.
(b) At a train station, waiting for his son, who doesn't show up.
(c) At a restaurant, waiting for a meeting that never happens.
(d) At a bar, waiting for a date who doesn't show up.

4. Who interrupts the chess game?
(a) The janitor.
(b) The substitute teacher.
(c) The class bully.
(d) A new student.

5. What does Luzhin's future wife's mother say she represents?
(a) The unromantic, logical, scientific world of the new era.
(b) The bohemian creative streak of their family.
(c) The otherworldly and the spiritual.
(d) The intelligencia and avante-garde literary world.

Short Answer Questions

1. What city does the family live in?

2. When Luzhin's family arrives in the city, where does Luzhin run off to?

3. What does Luzhin's mother always have beside her, after she injures herself?

4. Who does Luzhin's future wife make him think of, when he first meets him?

5. What excuse does Luzhin give the first day he skips school?

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