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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mrs. Luzhin criticize about her body, as she examines herself in the mirror on her wedding night?
(a) Her legs.
(b) Her belly.
(c) Her neck.
(d) Her hips.

2. What two events become mixed up in Luzhin's perception?
(a) Buying a hat and visiting a travel agent.
(b) Buying a hat and visiting the dentist.
(c) Visiting the dentist and getting his passport.
(d) Visitig a travel agent and getting his passport.

3. What does Luzhin's fiancee threaten that she will do, if he starts thinking about chess?
(a) Not marry him.
(b) Stop loving him.
(c) Kill herself.
(d) Beat him.

4. When Luzhin's family arrives in the city, where does Luzhin run off to?
(a) A library.
(b) Nearby woods.
(c) The train station.
(d) A museum.

5. Who is Petrishchev, the man Luzhin winds up talking to at the ball?
(a) A Parisian banker who was Luzhin's former chess opponent.
(b) A Canadian store owner who knew Mrs. Luzhin as a girl.
(c) A Brazilian plantation worker who was Luzhin's former classmate.
(d) An Egyptian hotel clerk who has Luzhin's aunt's godchild.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the beginning of the novel, what does the main character associate the name "Luzhin" with?

2. What is Luzhin doing when he notices two other students taking out a chess set?

3. Who is taken off in the taxi cab?

4. When Mrs. Luzhin's intellectual guests gather at the tea table, what is the immediate response?

5. What does Valentinov tell Mrs. Luzhin to whisper in her husband's ear?

(see the answer key)

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