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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9 and 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Luzhin's fiancee's father want her to go away to with her mother, to forget about Luzhin?
(a) England.
(b) Greece.
(c) Italy.
(d) France.

2. What does the doctor give to Luzhin?
(a) A chess board.
(b) A set of chess pieces.
(c) A chess timer.
(d) A chess handbook.

3. What year does Luzhin's father begin to write a novel whose main character is a chess-playing boy like his son?
(a) 1938.
(b) 1948.
(c) 1958.
(d) 1928.

4. What author does Luzhin's fiancee tell her mother that Luzhin has never read?
(a) George Eliot.
(b) Tolstoy.
(c) Pushkin.
(d) Thomas Carlyle.

5. Who is more drunk, Kurt or Gunther?
(a) Gunther.
(b) Neither is drunk.
(c) Both are equally drunk.
(d) Kurt.

Short Answer Questions

1. What habit of Luzhin's particularly annoys his future wife's mother?

2. What happens when Luzhin goes to visit his father's grave after his death?

3. Where do the people at the chess tournament tell Luzhin to go?

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

5. Where does Luzhin hide during the party?

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