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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Luzhin's championship game against Turati, how does Turati open the game?
(a) With a laughingly stupid move.
(b) With his usual, successful move.
(c) With a startlingly aggressive, unfamiliar move.
(d) With an ordinary, banal move.

2. On the first game that Luzhin's opponent doesn't beat him, what is the result?
(a) Luzhin wins by virtue of his grown skill.
(b) The game is never finished.
(c) His opponent lets Luzhin win.
(d) A draw.

3. 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) Win the tournament.
(c) Take a bath.
(d) Leave Berlin.

4. Who sketches Luzhin and Turati at the chess tournament in Berlin?
(a) A newspaper sketch artist.
(b) A local portrait painter.
(c) Luzhin's fiancee.
(d) A famous sculpter.

5. What does the doctor give to Luzhin?
(a) A set of chess pieces.
(b) A chess timer.
(c) A chess board.
(d) A chess handbook.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color does Luzhin choose for his suit?

2. Three days before Luzhin's departure, when he is walking with his future wife and her mother, what does the mother ask her daughter to run back and get for her?

3. How does Luzhin usually travel to school?

4. How does Luzhin feel the morning after his father's party?

5. Who does Luzhin's father invite to Luzhin's birthday?

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