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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. How long is Luzhin sick after running away?
(a) A week.
(b) A day.
(c) Three days.
(d) Two weeks.

2. Who interrupts Luzhin's first chess lesson?
(a) His mother.
(b) His tutor.
(c) His father.
(d) His aunt.

3. How does Luzhin's first wife's mother find out Luzhin wants to marry her daughter?
(a) The mother overhears Luzhin and the daughter talking.
(b) The mother is told by a stranger at the hotel.
(c) Luzhin asks the mother for her daughter's hand.
(d) The daughter tells her mother.

4. Who does Luzhin play chess with at his aunt's house?
(a) His aunt's maid.
(b) His aunt's butler.
(c) His aunt.
(d) An old man who brings his aunt flowers.

5. What business does Valentinov go into after leaving Luzhin?
(a) The music business.
(b) The movie business.
(c) The theater.
(d) The art business.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Luzhin place in the German chess tournament in his youth?

3. What fundamental drive does Luzhin's future wife have?

4. When Luzhin's fiancee's father meets Luzhin, what does he offer the chess champion?

5. How does Luzhin usually travel to school?

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