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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7 and 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Luzhin's fiancee's mother tell him that he should do, when he comes to her home early and only she is there?
(a) Quit playing chess.
(b) Leave Berlin.
(c) Win the tournament.
(d) Take a bath.

2. Luzhin spectacularly wins a chess game in Berlin after sacrificing what three pieces in a row?
(a) A queen, a rook, and a knight.
(b) A knight, a pawn, and a bishop.
(c) A pawn, a bishop, and a queen.
(d) A rook, a bishop, and a knight.

3. What happens when Luzhin goes to visit his father's grave after his death?
(a) Luzhin places flowers on the gravestone and feels bitter anger.
(b) Luzhin can't find the gravestone.
(c) Luzhin cries over his father's gravestone.
(d) Luzhin can't garner emotion for his father's death, but lays flowers on the gravestone.

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 eats a meal.
(d) He takes a nap.

5. Where do the people at the chess tournament tell Luzhin to go?
(a) Out of Berlin.
(b) To his hotel.
(c) Home.
(d) Back to Russia.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Luzhin do immediately after proposing to his future wife?

2. Why is Luzhin afraid of at school?

3. When Luzhin's family arrives in the city, where does Luzhin run off to?

4. At the end of Chapter 8, where is Luzhin trying to go?

5. How does Luzhin hurt himself during the chess game with Turati?

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