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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay 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 the Armenian genocide.
(b) World War I and the Russian revolution.
(c) World War I and World War II.
(d) World War I and the Great Depression.

2. How does Luzhin feel the morning after his father's party?
(a) Luzhin is bored.
(b) Luzhin is angry.
(c) Luzhin is exhausted.
(d) Luzhin is excited.

3. How does Luzhin treat the guests at his birthday?
(a) He makes rude comments to them.
(b) He is polite to them but secretly hates them.
(c) He is happy and talks to them constantly.
(d) He ignores them.

4. Whose chess set does Luzhin get interested in?
(a) His mother's.
(b) A party guest's.
(c) His father's.
(d) His teacher's.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where are Luzhin and his father when Archduke Ferdinand is killed, starting World War I?

3. What did Luzhin place in the German chess tournament in his youth?

4. Who interrupts the chess game?

5. When Luzhin's father goes to write a book about a boy like his son, what is the first scene that occurs to him?

Short Essay Questions

1. What problem does Luzhin have getting to his game with his final rival?

2. How does Valentinov view Luzhin?

3. Who does Luzhin nearly run into on the first day he skips school?

4. When Luzhin watches the chess game between his classmates, what move excites him?

5. Explain the nickname that the other boys give Luzhin at school.

6. What authors does Luzhin like to read?

7. In Chapter 2, what school subject does Luzhin show interest in?

8. The morning after the party, what are relations like between Luzhin's father, his aunt, and his mother?

9. What ability does Luzhin compare his ability to read chess notation with?

10. What does Luzhin resent while he is working on a puzzle?

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