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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens when Luzhin goes to visit his father's grave after his death?
(a) Luzhin can't garner emotion for his father's death, but lays flowers on the gravestone.
(b) Luzhin can't find the gravestone.
(c) Luzhin places flowers on the gravestone and feels bitter anger.
(d) Luzhin cries over his father's gravestone.

2. What is Luzhin's problem in school?
(a) Understanding lessons.
(b) Math.
(c) Social interaction.
(d) Playing too much.

3. What does Mrs. Luzhin show her husband, in a painting of the Last Supper?
(a) The symmetry of the walls.
(b) Trees in the background.
(c) Flowers in one of the apostle's hands.
(d) Dogs under the table.

4. Luzhin spectacularly wins a chess game in Berlin after sacrificing what three pieces in a row?
(a) A queen, a rook, and a knight.
(b) A rook, a bishop, and a knight.
(c) A pawn, a bishop, and a queen.
(d) A knight, a pawn, and a bishop.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is more drunk, Kurt or Gunther?

2. At the end of Chapter 8, where is Luzhin trying to go?

3. What author does Luzhin's fiancee tell her mother that Luzhin has never read?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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