View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Luzhin feel the morning after his father's party?
(a) Luzhin is bored.
(b) Luzhin is excited.
(c) Luzhin is exhausted.
(d) Luzhin is angry.

2. How does the woman Luzhin meets in Germany (his future wife) think of his father?
(a) She thinks he must have been selfish, ignorant, and jealous of Luzhin.
(b) She thinks he must have been sad, angry, and bitter toward Luzhin.
(c) She thinks he must have been kind, earnest, and fond of Luzhin.
(d) She thinks he must have been naive, slow, and uncomprehending toward Luzhin.

3. How does Luzhin think fellow students feel about him?
(a) He thinks they're jealous of him.
(b) He thinks they hate him.
(c) He thinks they pity him.
(d) He thinks they admire him.

4. Why have Luzhin's parents put off telling him that they've enrolled him in a school?
(a) They're afraid he'll run away.
(b) They don't think he'll understand the idea.
(c) They are worried the school will cancel at the last minute.
(d) They're afraid he'll throw a tantrum.

5. At Luzhin's school, what teacher is out with a cold?
(a) The English teacher.
(b) The geography teacher.
(c) The math teacher.
(d) The science teacher.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What happens when Luzhin goes to visit his father's grave after his death?

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

4. Whose chess set does Luzhin get interested in?

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

(see the answer key)

This section contains 325 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample