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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When Luzhin's family arrives in the city, where does Luzhin run off to?
(a) The train station.
(b) Nearby woods.
(c) A museum.
(d) A library.

3. How old is Luzhin when he returns to the German resort where he went to with his father when recovering from his illness?
(a) In his thirties.
(b) In his forties.
(c) In his twenties.
(d) In his fifties.

4. Who has been educating Luzhin at home, before his enrollment in school?
(a) A governess.
(b) His mother.
(c) His father.
(d) No one.

5. What city does the family live in?
(a) St. Petersberg.
(b) Novosibirsk.
(c) Moscow.
(d) Stalingrad.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Luzhin's father's profession?

2. What do Luzhin and his father go to gather under the fir trees?

3. Who interrupts Luzhin's first chess lesson?

4. Who does Luzhin's father invite to Luzhin's birthday?

5. Where does Luzhin find the magazines where he studies chess problems?

(see the answer key)

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