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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What important historical events does Luzhin's father feel inhibited by having to include in every novel?
(a) World War I and World War II.
(b) World War I and the Russian revolution.
(c) World War I and the Armenian genocide.
(d) World War I and the Great Depression.

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

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

4. At Luzhin's school, what teacher is out with a cold?
(a) The science teacher.
(b) The geography teacher.
(c) The English teacher.
(d) The math teacher.

5. At the end of Chapter 8, where is Luzhin trying to go?
(a) To the manor house he remembers from his youth.
(b) To his fiancee's parents' house.
(c) To the place he stayed with his father in Germany as a boy.
(d) To his hotel.

6. When Luzhin meets his future wife's mother, what is the mother's opinion of him?
(a) That he is a boor.
(b) That he is delightful.
(c) That he is too good for her daughter.
(d) That he is a too-slick con artist.

7. Where do the people at the chess tournament tell Luzhin to go?
(a) Home.
(b) To his hotel.
(c) Out of Berlin.
(d) Back to Russia.

8. Where does Luzhin find the magazines where he studies chess problems?
(a) His teacher's desk.
(b) His father's office.
(c) The library.
(d) His grandfather's former study.

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

10. How does Luzhin's future wife perceive him when she first meets him?
(a) As a sad, suffering romantic.
(b) As a bitter, unkind old man.
(c) As an eccentric artist.
(d) As an uncouth, unworthy slob.

11. How long does Luzhin stay at his aunt's?
(a) One hour.
(b) Two hours.
(c) Three hours.
(d) Four hours.

12. When Luzhin runs away from home, what does he learn from his aunt?
(a) That his former chess partner has died.
(b) That she is marrying his former chess partner.
(c) That his former chess partner has left the country.
(d) That she has been having an affair with Luzhin's father.

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

14. What happens when Luzhin goes to visit his father's grave after his death?
(a) Luzhin cries over his father's gravestone.
(b) Luzhin can't garner emotion for his father's death, but lays flowers on the gravestone.
(c) Luzhin places flowers on the gravestone and feels bitter anger.
(d) Luzhin can't find the gravestone.

15. When does Luzhin's father return after going into town during the summer?
(a) Late, at midnight.
(b) On time, at 7:00.
(c) Late, at 10:00.
(d) Early, at 5:00.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Luzhin suggests teaching his son chess, where in the country house do they find a chess set?

2. During the beginning of the chess game with Turati, who seems to be winning?

3. Who has been educating Luzhin at home, before his enrollment in school?

4. Who interrupts the chess game?

5. How many games does it take before Luzhin's opponent begins having difficulty beating him?

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