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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Luzhin hurt himself during the chess game with Turati?
(a) He kicks his foot against the table leg.
(b) He bangs his head against the wall.
(c) He slams his cane down on his hand.
(d) He lights a match and then forgets about it.

2. Luzhin spectacularly wins a chess game in Berlin after sacrificing what three pieces in a row?
(a) A queen, a rook, and a knight.
(b) A knight, a pawn, and a bishop.
(c) A pawn, a bishop, and a queen.
(d) A rook, a bishop, and a knight.

3. What does Luzhin teach himself, after visiting his father-in-law's office?
(a) The German tax code.
(b) How to manage accounting books.
(c) How to type.
(d) How to use a mimeograph machine.

4. At the end of Luzhin's first day of play against Turati, what does Luzhin feel unable to do?
(a) Stay in the chess tournament room.
(b) Get up from his seat.
(c) Walk.
(d) Stay awake.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the one thing Luzhin finds wrong with the old jacket he begs his wife to let him keep?

3. How does Luzhin's first wife's mother find out Luzhin wants to marry her daughter?

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

5. Where does Luzhin disappear to at the ball?

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