The Defense Test | Final Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 130 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Defense Test | Final Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 130 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What book does Mrs. Luzhin read aloud to her husband?

2. What are townspeople doing in the area where there are tennis courts in the summer, at the beginning of Chapter 13?

3. On what floor is the apartment Luzhin's in-laws have rented for the newlyweds?

4. How do Luzhin and his wife enter the ball?

5. What does Luzhin eventually win in the raffle at the ball?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Luzhin see in the window of a stationery store that fascinates him?

2. What catches Luzhin's attention to distract him from chess that he is accidentally reminded of?

3. What upsets Luzhien about the geography of the world?

4. How does Luzhin react to the parties of intellectuals that his wife entertains?

5. What is Mrs. Luzhin reminded of when she reads Soviet newspapers?

6. Why does Mrs. Luzhin find it difficult to locate her husband at the ball?

7. What does Luzhin realize when he overhears his wife talking to her visitor?

8. Why doesn't Luzhin's fiancee ask him about his tuxedo?

9. How does Luzhin kill himself?

10. What does Luzhin think when the lights come on again after Ivan has knocked over the lamp?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss fulfillment in the novel.

1) What motivates characters to pursue the activities they pursue? What motivates Luzhin? What motivates his wife?

2) Where do characters in the novel find fulfillment? Are any of the characters successful in feeling fulfilled?

3) What prevents fulfillment? How do characters perceive others' desires for or quests for fulfillment? How do characters conflict over what makes them fill fulfilled?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the psychiatric treatment of Luzhin in the book.

1) How does the psychiatrist view Luzhin? How does the psychiatrist's point of view and perspective affect how he treats Luzhin? Discuss the psychiatrist's ideas on Luzhin's childhood, on chess, and on marriage for Luzhin.

2) How effective is the psychiatrist's treatment of Luzhin? How does it benefit Luzhin, and how does it fail?

3) What affects the psychiatrist's ability to treat Luzhin?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the intellectual versus the social in the novel.

1) How does Luzhin fit into the intellectual world? How does he fit into the social world? How do these two worlds conflict?

2) How does Luzhin's wife fit into the intellectual and social worlds in the novel? How does this affect their relationship?

3) How does Luzhin's father fit into the intellectual an social worlds in the novel? How does this affect their relationship?

(see the answer keys)

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