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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Luzhin's future wife's mother think of his profession as a chess champion?
(a) She thinks it is hysterically amusing.
(b) She thinks it is romantic but unwise.
(c) She thinks it is trivial and ridiculous.
(d) She thinks it is exciting but low-paying.

2. On the first game that Luzhin's opponent doesn't beat him, what is the result?
(a) Luzhin wins by virtue of his grown skill.
(b) His opponent lets Luzhin win.
(c) A draw.
(d) The game is never finished.

3. Where do the people at the chess tournament tell Luzhin to go?
(a) Home.
(b) Out of Berlin.
(c) To his hotel.
(d) Back to Russia.

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

5. What does Luzhin eventually win in the raffle at the ball?
(a) A small ornamental box.
(b) A lamp.
(c) A pair of earrings.
(d) A children's book.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How old is Luzhin when he returns to the German resort where he went to with his father when recovering from his illness?

4. When Luzhin's fiancee's father meets Luzhin, what does he offer the chess champion?

5. Three days before Luzhin's departure, when he is walking with his future wife and her mother, what does the mother ask her daughter to run back and get for her?

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