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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9 and 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Luzhin find himself, as he tries to walk toward where he wants to go?
(a) In a wooded park.
(b) In an empty marketplace.
(c) In a dark alley.
(d) In a train station.

2. Who does Luzhin's future wife make him think of, when he first meets him?
(a) A girl at his school.
(b) His mother.
(c) A prostitute.
(d) His aunt.

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

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

5. What does Luzhin's father suspect his son of looking for in illustrated magazines?
(a) Naked women.
(b) Pictures of far-off lands.
(c) Chess puzzles.
(d) Articles about his father.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Luzhin afraid of at school?

2. What year does Luzhin's father begin to write a novel whose main character is a chess-playing boy like his son?

3. At the end of Luzhin's first day of play against Turati, what does Luzhin feel unable to do?

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

5. What do Luzhin and his father go to gather under the fir trees?

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