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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. How old is young Luzhin at the beginning of the novel?
(a) 11.
(b) 10.
(c) 9.
(d) 12.

2. During their walk the morning after the party, what does Luzhin's father suggest he take up?
(a) Music.
(b) Drawing.
(c) Cooking.
(d) Chess.

3. Where are Luzhin and his father when Archduke Ferdinand is killed, starting World War I?
(a) In France.
(b) In Switzerland.
(c) In Germany.
(d) In Russia.

4. What injury does Luzhin's mother incur, one July day?
(a) She sprains her foot.
(b) Her arm is pulled out of the socket.
(c) She breaks her wrist.
(d) She sprains her back.

5. What is Luzhin's father's profession?
(a) Doctor.
(b) Merchant.
(c) Artist.
(d) Writer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What anniversary of Luzhin's grandfather's death is it at the beginning of Chapter 3?

2. Where is Luzhin's father when the idea for a novel about a boy like his son hits him?

3. What does the doctor give to Luzhin?

4. What nickname do the other boys call Luzhin?

5. Whose chess set does Luzhin get interested in?

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