The Defense Quiz | Eight Week Quiz E

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 130 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Defense Quiz | Eight Week Quiz E

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 130 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What excuse does Luzhin give the first day he skips school?
(a) That he was sick.
(b) Family circumstances.
(c) That he twisted his ankle.
(d) That his grandmother died.

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

3. What author does Luzhin's fiancee tell her mother that Luzhin has never read?
(a) George Eliot.
(b) Pushkin.
(c) Thomas Carlyle.
(d) Tolstoy.

4. Why have Luzhin's parents put off telling him that they've enrolled him in a school?
(a) They don't think he'll understand the idea.
(b) They're afraid he'll run away.
(c) They're afraid he'll throw a tantrum.
(d) They are worried the school will cancel at the last minute.

5. What fault does Luzhin's fiancee find with the material Luzhin selects?
(a) She finds it too scratchy.
(b) She finds it too dark.
(c) She finds its color will run.
(d) She finds it creases easily.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the beginning of the novel, what does the main character associate the name "Luzhin" with?

2. Who interrupts Luzhin's first chess lesson?

3. When Mrs. Luzhin comes to bed on her wedding night, where is her husband?

4. What does Luzhin's fiancee threaten that she will do, if he starts thinking about chess?

5. What does Luzhin's fiancee think of when she walks with him in the garden of the sanatorium?

(see the answer key)

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