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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7 and 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. Who sketches Luzhin and Turati at the chess tournament in Berlin?
(a) A newspaper sketch artist.
(b) A local portrait painter.
(c) Luzhin's fiancee.
(d) A famous sculpter.

3. Why have Luzhin's parents put off telling him that they've enrolled him in a school?
(a) They're afraid he'll run away.
(b) They're afraid he'll throw a tantrum.
(c) They don't think he'll understand the idea.
(d) They are worried the school will cancel at the last minute.

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

5. Who begins to teach Luzhin chess?
(a) His tutor.
(b) His aunt.
(c) His mother.
(d) His father.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does Luzhin hide during the party?

3. Where does Luzhin find the magazines where he studies chess problems?

4. What does Luzhin's father suspect his son of looking for in illustrated magazines?

5. What does Luzhin's fiancee's mother tell him that he should do, when he comes to her home early and only she is there?

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