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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Luzhin afraid of at school?
(a) That others will find out his chess ability and make fun of him.
(b) That someone else will be better than him at chess.
(c) That bullies will beat him up.
(d) That he will not be able to pass his classes.

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

3. How old is Luzhin when he returns to the German resort where he went to with his father when recovering from his illness?
(a) In his twenties.
(b) In his forties.
(c) In his thirties.
(d) In his fifties.

4. What is Luzhin's father-in-law doing when Luzhin visits him at his office?
(a) Dictating.
(b) Taking a nap.
(c) Meeting with a colleague.
(d) Reading some papers.

5. When Luzhin runs away from home, what does he learn from his aunt?
(a) That his former chess partner has died.
(b) That his former chess partner has left the country.
(c) That she is marrying his former chess partner.
(d) That she has been having an affair with Luzhin's father.

Short Answer Questions

1. What injury does Luzhin's mother incur, one July day?

2. Who is Petrishchev, the man Luzhin winds up talking to at the ball?

3. How many games does it take before Luzhin's opponent begins having difficulty beating him?

4. What does the doctor give to Luzhin?

5. Why does Mrs. Luzhin avoid mentioning large cities when talking of traveling?

(see the answer key)

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