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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is depicted atop the bookcase in the new apartment?
(a) Shakespeare.
(b) Milton.
(c) Tolstoy.
(d) Dante.

2. Where does Luzhin find the magazines where he studies chess problems?
(a) His father's office.
(b) The library.
(c) His grandfather's former study.
(d) His teacher's desk.

3. What did Luzhin do the previous Christmas with the chocolates meant for his aunt?
(a) He put the chocolates in a new box to give to her.
(b) He ate half and rearranged the rest to hide the missing ones.
(c) He carefully wrapped each chocolate and arranged them in the box for her.
(d) He kept the chocolates and gave her a different preset.

4. Who is more drunk, Kurt or Gunther?
(a) Gunther.
(b) Both are equally drunk.
(c) Kurt.
(d) Neither is drunk.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When Luzhin asks the doctor who he is, what is the psychiatrist's reply?

3. How long does Luzhin stay at his aunt's?

4. Where does Luzhin's fiancee's father want her to go away to with her mother, to forget about Luzhin?

5. When Luzhin meets his future wife's mother, what is the mother's opinion of him?

(see the answer key)

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