View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Mrs. Luzhin comes to bed on her wedding night, where is her husband?
(a) Taking a walk.
(b) On the sofa.
(c) Asleep.
(d) In the kitchen.

2. 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.

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

4. What does Luzhin think vaguely of, but is unable to recall, while he is ill in the sanatorium?
(a) The smell of his aunt's perfume.
(b) His grandfather's chess magazines.
(c) His mother's hard candies.
(d) His first chess set.

5. What is Luzhin like when his fiancee sits with him at the sanatorium?
(a) Luzhin is mostly sullen and restless.
(b) Luzhin is mostly immobile and unresponsive.
(c) Luzhin is mostly angry and agitated.
(d) Luzhin is mostly talkative but distracted.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of Luzhin's first day of play against Turati, what does Luzhin feel unable to do?

2. At the wedding reception, how much champagne does Luzhin drink?

3. When Luzhin asks the doctor who he is, what is the psychiatrist's reply?

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

5. How are Luzhin's grades at school?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 252 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample