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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. What does Luzhin drop that his future wife picks up and returns to him?
(a) A handkerchief.
(b) A pocket watch.
(c) A ring.
(d) A wallet.

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

3. What injury does Luzhin's mother incur, one July day?
(a) She sprains her back.
(b) She sprains her foot.
(c) Her arm is pulled out of the socket.
(d) She breaks her wrist.

4. During the beginning of the chess game with Turati, who seems to be winning?
(a) Luzhin seems to be winning.
(b) Turati seems to be winning.
(c) No one seems to be winning.
(d) Both think the other is winning.

5. What habit of Luzhin's particularly annoys his future wife's mother?
(a) He sits with his back to her.
(b) He looks at her shoes when he talks.
(c) He talks about himself in the third person.
(d) He talks into his hat.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Luzhin do the previous Christmas with the chocolates meant for his aunt?

2. What is Luzhin's fiancee eating when her parents tackle her about giving up Luzhin at the beginning of Chapter 10?

3. What year does Luzhin's father begin to write a novel whose main character is a chess-playing boy like his son?

4. What is Luzhin like when his fiancee sits with him at the sanatorium?

5. What is Luzhin doing when he notices two other students taking out a chess set?

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