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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5 and 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Luzhin's future wife's mother say she represents?
(a) The otherworldly and the spiritual.
(b) The bohemian creative streak of their family.
(c) The unromantic, logical, scientific world of the new era.
(d) The intelligencia and avante-garde literary world.

2. What anniversary of Luzhin's grandfather's death is it at the beginning of Chapter 3?
(a) The fifth.
(b) The second.
(c) The tenth.
(d) The first.

3. When Luzhin meets his future wife's mother, what is the mother's opinion of him?
(a) That he is a boor.
(b) That he is delightful.
(c) That he is too good for her daughter.
(d) That he is a too-slick con artist.

4. What does Luzhin do when he goes up to his room after he's met his future wife's mother?
(a) He works on his chess game.
(b) He writes a letter to his future wife.
(c) He takes a nap.
(d) He eats a meal.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Luzhin's father suspect his son of looking for in illustrated magazines?

2. When Luzhin runs away from home, what does he learn from his aunt?

3. What business does Valentinov go into after leaving Luzhin?

4. At Luzhin's school, what teacher is out with a cold?

5. How does Luzhin's future wife perceive him when she first meets him?

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