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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is young Luzhin at the beginning of the novel?
(a) 9.
(b) 11.
(c) 10.
(d) 12.

2. How old is Luzhin when he returns to the German resort where he went to with his father when recovering from his illness?
(a) In his fifties.
(b) In his forties.
(c) In his thirties.
(d) In his twenties.

3. What important historical events does Luzhin's father feel inhibited by having to include in every novel?
(a) World War I and the Great Depression.
(b) World War I and World War II.
(c) World War I and the Russian revolution.
(d) World War I and the Armenian genocide.

4. When Luzhin meets his future wife's mother, what is the mother's opinion of him?
(a) That he is delightful.
(b) That he is too good for her daughter.
(c) That he is a boor.
(d) That he is a too-slick con artist.

5. What does Luzhin teach himself, after visiting his father-in-law's office?
(a) The German tax code.
(b) How to type.
(c) How to use a mimeograph machine.
(d) How to manage accounting books.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Petrishchev, the man Luzhin winds up talking to at the ball?

2. What possession of Luzhin's does his fiancee retrieve from the tournament hall?

3. Where are Luzhin and his father when Archduke Ferdinand is killed, starting World War I?

4. When Luzhin finally comes to his bedroom on his wedding night, where does his wife go?

5. How does Luzhin feel about the phonograph?

(see the answer key)

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