View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Valentinov do in the car, as he drives Luzhin to his club?
(a) He reads.
(b) He alternately laughs and coughs.
(c) He yells at another man.
(d) He tells Luzhin stories about the movie industry.

3. Who is more drunk, Kurt or Gunther?
(a) Neither is drunk.
(b) Kurt.
(c) Both are equally drunk.
(d) Gunther.

4. What does Luzhin do when he gets into the cab with his new wife after the wedding reception?
(a) He begins talking incomprehensibly.
(b) He falls asleep.
(c) He sits silently and sullenly.
(d) He tries to kiss her.

5. When Luzhin finally comes to his bedroom on his wedding night, where does his wife go?
(a) To the kitchen.
(b) To the bed.
(c) To take a bath.
(d) To the closet.

6. What children does Mrs. Luzhin's visitor have?
(a) A little girl.
(b) Two little girls.
(c) A little boy.
(d) A little boy and a little girl.

7. What do the doctor and Luzhin's fiancee call his years of playing chess?
(a) Lost years.
(b) Dead years.
(c) Gray years.
(d) Mindful years.

8. Where does Luzhin disappear to at the ball?
(a) A nook behind the decorated tree.
(b) An armchair by the staircase.
(c) A private room upstairs.
(d) The coat room closet.

9. Who is Petrishchev, the man Luzhin winds up talking to at the ball?
(a) A Brazilian plantation worker who was Luzhin's former classmate.
(b) An Egyptian hotel clerk who has Luzhin's aunt's godchild.
(c) A Parisian banker who was Luzhin's former chess opponent.
(d) A Canadian store owner who knew Mrs. Luzhin as a girl.

10. What does Luzhin dream when he finally falls asleep?
(a) He dreams he's in the snow, digging up a chess set from frozen ground.
(b) He dreams he is the world champion chess master.
(c) He dreams he's a piece on a chess board.
(d) He dreams of being a boy playing chess with his father.

11. What relative of Luzhin does Mrs. Luzhin's visitor know?
(a) His aunt.
(b) His cousin.
(c) His father.
(d) His mother.

12. What room does Luzhin lock himself into?
(a) The bathroom.
(b) The study.
(c) The bedroom.
(d) The dining room.

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

14. Why doesn't Luzhin hide his chess set?
(a) He can't find a place for it.
(b) He gets distracted by his drawing and forgets about it.
(c) He loses it before he can hide it.
(d) He decides it's best to keep it in the open.

15. What does Luzhin's future father-in-law talk to him about privately before his wedding?
(a) Paying him back the money Luzhin owes for his upkeep.
(b) Luzhin's future mother-in-law's feelings about Luzhin.
(c) Treating Luzhin's future wife kindly.
(d) Getting Luzhin a job.

Short Answer Questions

1. What causes Mrs. Luzhin to be away from her husband a good deal?

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

3. When Mrs. Luzhin's intellectual guests gather at the tea table, what is the immediate response?

4. What does Valentinov tell Mrs. Luzhin to whisper in her husband's ear?

5. After his wife's old friend from Russia visits, how does Luzhin begin seeing his life?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 633 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample