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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Luzhin's response to his father, when his father comes to visit him at school?
(a) Luzhin talks a mile a minute to his father.
(b) Luzhin shows little interest in his father.
(c) Luzhin cries and yells at his father.
(d) Luzhin is happy and wants his father to stay.

2. Why do Luzhin's in-laws spend time visiting at the Luzhin's house?
(a) It has a working stove.
(b) It has a new refrigerator.
(c) It has central heating.
(d) It has running water.

3. Of the portraits Luzhin makes, which turns out the best?
(a) His father-in-law.
(b) His self-portrait.
(c) His wife.
(d) His mother-in-law.

4. Where does Mrs. Luzhin want her husband to visit?
(a) His father's old office.
(b) His father's grave.
(c) A friend of his father's.
(d) His father's old house.

5. What does Luzhin's mother always have beside her, after she injures herself?
(a) A bowl of chocolates.
(b) A bowl of strawberries.
(c) A bowl of caramels.
(d) A bowl of hard candies.

Short Answer Questions

1. What children does Mrs. Luzhin's visitor have?

2. What question does Luzhin's fiancee's father ask Luzhin?

3. What does Luzhin do immediately after proposing to his future wife?

4. What is Luzhin's father-in-law doing when Luzhin visits him at his office?

5. When does Luzhin feel a strange emptiness, as he prepares for his wedding?

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