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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When he wakes in the hospital, what does Luzhin ask a nurse?
(a) What day is it?
(b) Who are you?
(c) What time is it?
(d) Where am I?

2. In Luzhin's championship game against Turati, how does Turati open the game?
(a) With an ordinary, banal move.
(b) With his usual, successful move.
(c) With a startlingly aggressive, unfamiliar move.
(d) With a laughingly stupid move.

3. What does Luzhin's future wife's mother think of his profession as a chess champion?
(a) She thinks it is romantic but unwise.
(b) She thinks it is exciting but low-paying.
(c) She thinks it is hysterically amusing.
(d) She thinks it is trivial and ridiculous.

4. Where does Mrs. Luzhin want her husband to visit?
(a) His father's grave.
(b) His father's old office.
(c) His father's old house.
(d) A friend of his father's.

5. What does Luzhin listen to as he lies awake at night?
(a) The sounds of dogs in the night.
(b) The creakig of the attic floor.
(c) The ticking of a clock.
(d) The chimes of church bells outside.

Short Answer Questions

1. On the first game that Luzhin's opponent doesn't beat him, what is the result?

2. What is Luzhin given by the coat room when he turns in his jacket at the ball?

3. What excuse does Mrs. Luzhin leave in a message for Valentinov to explain that Luzhin will not visit him?

4. What does Luzhin do with the chess set he has been carrying with him, after he is able to play openly with his father?

5. Who is depicted atop the bookcase in the new apartment?

(see the answer key)

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