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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is Luzhin greeted when he arrives at his aunt's house?
(a) Her maid tells him his aunt is still asleep and to wait.
(b) His aunt slams the door in his face.
(c) His aunt is outside the house and greets him happily.
(d) Her maid tells him his aunt is out and slams the door.

2. When Luzhin's father goes to write a book about a boy like his son, what is the first scene that occurs to him?
(a) A boy hiding in his room, reading chess magazines.
(b) A boy winning an adult chess tournament.
(c) A boy beating his father at their first game of chess.
(d) A boy playing a simultaneous chess match.

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

4. What is Luzhin's response to his father, when his father comes to visit him at school?
(a) Luzhin is happy and wants his father to stay.
(b) Luzhin shows little interest in his father.
(c) Luzhin talks a mile a minute to his father.
(d) Luzhin cries and yells at his father.

5. What business does Valentinov go into after leaving Luzhin?
(a) The music business.
(b) The art business.
(c) The movie business.
(d) The theater.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Luzhin doing when he notices two other students taking out a chess set?

2. On what floor is the apartment Luzhin's in-laws have rented for the newlyweds?

3. When Luzhin asks the doctor who he is, what is the psychiatrist's reply?

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

5. At the wedding reception, how much champagne does Luzhin drink?

(see the answer key)

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