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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What flowers are depicted on Mrs. Luzhin's mother's shawl, which she wears in her cold apartment?
(a) Poppies.
(b) Peonies.
(c) Chrysanthemums.
(d) Roses.

2. What title does Luzhin's father give his imagined novella about a boy like his son?
(a) Moves.
(b) The Player.
(c) The Gambit.
(d) Check.

3. How long is Luzhin sick after running away?
(a) Two weeks.
(b) Three days.
(c) A day.
(d) A week.

4. When was the last time Luzhin had been in church before his wedding?
(a) At his mother's funeral.
(b) At his first communion.
(c) At his sixteenth birthday.
(d) At his father's funeral.

5. What is Luzhin's fiancee eating when her parents tackle her about giving up Luzhin at the beginning of Chapter 10?
(a) Potatoes.
(b) Steak and gravy.
(c) Hot cereal.
(d) Waffles.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Luzhin place in the German chess tournament in his youth?

2. Whose chess set does Luzhin get interested in?

3. What business does Valentinov go into after leaving Luzhin?

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

5. What excuse does Luzhin give the first day he skips school?

(see the answer key)

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