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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 nickname do the other boys call Luzhin?
(a) Lucky.
(b) Clutz.
(c) Morris.
(d) Tony.

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

3. How does Luzhin usually travel to school?
(a) On foot.
(b) With his father.
(c) On a horse.
(d) In a cab.

4. Where does Luzhin hide during the party?
(a) A closet.
(b) The attic.
(c) His father's office.
(d) The kitchen.

5. How does Luzhin's future wife perceive him when she first meets him?
(a) As a bitter, unkind old man.
(b) As an uncouth, unworthy slob.
(c) As a sad, suffering romantic.
(d) As an eccentric artist.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the woman Luzhin meets in Germany (his future wife) think of his father?

2. What kind of party does Luzhin's father give in honor of Luzhin's grandfather?

3. Why is Luzhin afraid of at school?

4. What year does Luzhin's father begin to write a novel whose main character is a chess-playing boy like his son?

5. How old is Luzhin when he returns to the German resort where he went to with his father when recovering from his illness?

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