View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Luzhin's future wife's mother think of his profession as a chess champion?
(a) She thinks it is exciting but low-paying.
(b) She thinks it is romantic but unwise.
(c) She thinks it is hysterically amusing.
(d) She thinks it is trivial and ridiculous.

2. What is Luzhin's father's profession?
(a) Merchant.
(b) Doctor.
(c) Writer.
(d) Artist.

3. When Luzhin's father goes to write a book about a boy like his son, what is the first scene that occurs to him?
(a) A boy winning an adult chess tournament.
(b) A boy playing a simultaneous chess match.
(c) A boy beating his father at their first game of chess.
(d) A boy hiding in his room, reading chess magazines.

4. Where does Luzhin's fiancee's father want her to go away to with her mother, to forget about Luzhin?
(a) Greece.
(b) France.
(c) Italy.
(d) England.

5. What is Luzhin given by the coat room when he turns in his jacket at the ball?
(a) A metal number.
(b) A plastic card.
(c) A paper ticket.
(d) A cloth marker.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Luzhin treat the guests at his birthday?

2. What question does Luzhin's fiancee's father ask Luzhin?

3. What nickname do the other boys call Luzhin?

4. What does Luzhin's father suspect his son of looking for in illustrated magazines?

5. When Luzhin suggests teaching his son chess, where in the country house do they find a chess set?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 302 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample