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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What business does Valentinov go into after leaving Luzhin?
(a) The theater.
(b) The music business.
(c) The movie business.
(d) The art business.

2. What does Luzhin's father suspect his son of looking for in illustrated magazines?
(a) Articles about his father.
(b) Naked women.
(c) Chess puzzles.
(d) Pictures of far-off lands.

3. Where is Luzhin's father when the idea for a novel about a boy like his son hits him?
(a) At a park, passing the time before his train is due to leave.
(b) At a train station, waiting for his son, who doesn't show up.
(c) At a restaurant, waiting for a meeting that never happens.
(d) At a bar, waiting for a date who doesn't show up.

4. When Luzhin asks the doctor who he is, what is the psychiatrist's reply?
(a) A well-wisher.
(b) A friend.
(c) A psychiatrist.
(d) A doctor.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is taken off in the taxi cab?

2. What do the doctor and Luzhin's fiancee call his years of playing chess?

3. How does Luzhin usually travel to school?

4. What fruit does Luzhin buy on his walk with his wife?

5. Where does Luzhin disappear to at the ball?

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