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

2. At the beginning of the novel, what does the main character associate the name "Luzhin" with?
(a) Himself.
(b) Nothing.
(c) His mother.
(d) His father.

3. What is Luzhin's response to his father, when his father comes to visit him at school?
(a) Luzhin shows little interest in his father.
(b) Luzhin talks a mile a minute to his father.
(c) Luzhin is happy and wants his father to stay.
(d) Luzhin cries and yells at his father.

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

5. What does Luzhin do immediately after proposing to his future wife?
(a) He faints.
(b) He bursts into tears.
(c) He bursts into laughter.
(d) He leaves the room, without waiting for a reply.

Short Answer Questions

1. What fault does Luzhin's fiancee find with the material Luzhin selects?

2. What does Luzhin like most at his birthday party?

3. Why have Luzhin's parents put off telling him that they've enrolled him in a school?

4. How does Luzhin's first wife's mother find out Luzhin wants to marry her daughter?

5. Where does Luzhin tell his father he learned to play chess?

(see the answer key)

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