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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Luzhin play chess with at his aunt's house?
(a) An old man who brings his aunt flowers.
(b) His aunt's maid.
(c) His aunt.
(d) His aunt's butler.

2. How does Luzhin's first wife's mother find out Luzhin wants to marry her daughter?
(a) The mother is told by a stranger at the hotel.
(b) The mother overhears Luzhin and the daughter talking.
(c) Luzhin asks the mother for her daughter's hand.
(d) The daughter tells her mother.

3. Where does Luzhin find himself, as he tries to walk toward where he wants to go?
(a) In an empty marketplace.
(b) In a wooded park.
(c) In a dark alley.
(d) In a train station.

4. 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.

5. What book does Mrs. Luzhin read aloud to her husband?
(a) Crime and Punishment.
(b) The Brothers Karamazov.
(c) War and Peace.
(d) Doctor Zhivago.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Luzhin feel about the phonograph?

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

3. What is Luzhin given by the coat room when he turns in his jacket at the ball?

4. Why is Luzhin afraid of at school?

5. What does Luzhin do with the chess set he has been carrying with him, after he is able to play openly with his father?

(see the answer key)

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