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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many games does it take before Luzhin's opponent begins having difficulty beating him?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Five.
(c) Ten.
(d) Fifteen.

2. After failing to hide the chess set, what does Luzhin decide to do with it?
(a) Put it in the kitchen cupboard.
(b) Get rid of it.
(c) Display it in the study.
(d) Keep it on the bedroom floor.

3. What are townspeople doing in the area where there are tennis courts in the summer, at the beginning of Chapter 13?
(a) Playing hockey.
(b) Holding a concert.
(c) Having a snowball fight.
(d) Ice skating.

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

5. How does Luzhin usually travel to school?
(a) With his father.
(b) In a cab.
(c) On foot.
(d) On a horse.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does the woman Luzhin meets in Germany (his future wife) think of his father?

3. What item does Luzhin find in the lining of his pocket?

4. How does Luzhin feel the morning after his father's party?

5. What fundamental drive does Luzhin's future wife have?

(see the answer key)

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