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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How long does Luzhin stay at his aunt's?
(a) One hour.
(b) Four hours.
(c) Two hours.
(d) Three hours.

3. What happened to the student that Mrs. Luzhkin's visitor used to be in love with?
(a) He was drowned in an accident.
(b) He was shot by communists.
(c) He was killed in World War I.
(d) He fled Russia for the Middle East.

4. What do the doctor and Luzhin's fiancee call his years of playing chess?
(a) Dead years.
(b) Lost years.
(c) Mindful years.
(d) Gray years.

5. What does Luzhin feel like, when he moves into his new apartment after getting out of the hospital?
(a) Like he did whenever he started a new chess game.
(b) Like he did whenever moving into a new hotel room.
(c) Like he did when he started school as a boy.
(d) Like he did when moving from country to town as a child.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Luzhin's future wife's mother say she represents?

2. What does Luzhin remember about his French governess?

3. Who begins to teach Luzhin chess?

4. What does Luzhin's fiancee threaten that she will do, if he starts thinking about chess?

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

(see the answer key)

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