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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Luzhin hurt himself during the chess game with Turati?
(a) He kicks his foot against the table leg.
(b) He slams his cane down on his hand.
(c) He bangs his head against the wall.
(d) He lights a match and then forgets about it.

2. At Luzhin's school, what teacher is out with a cold?
(a) The math teacher.
(b) The science teacher.
(c) The English teacher.
(d) The geography teacher.

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

4. What does Luzhin's future wife's mother say she represents?
(a) The bohemian creative streak of their family.
(b) The intelligencia and avante-garde literary world.
(c) The unromantic, logical, scientific world of the new era.
(d) The otherworldly and the spiritual.

5. When Luzhin suggests teaching his son chess, where in the country house do they find a chess set?
(a) In the cellar.
(b) In the attic.
(c) In the library.
(d) Under the stairs.

6. What does Luzhin like most at his birthday party?
(a) The guests.
(b) The presents.
(c) The magician.
(d) The cake.

7. Where does Luzhin tell his father he learned to play chess?
(a) From his aunt.
(b) In the park.
(c) From a friend's father.
(d) At school.

8. What nickname do the other boys call Luzhin?
(a) Morris.
(b) Lucky.
(c) Tony.
(d) Clutz.

9. What does Luzhin do when he goes up to his room after he's met his future wife's mother?
(a) He writes a letter to his future wife.
(b) He eats a meal.
(c) He takes a nap.
(d) He works on his chess game.

10. Where does Luzhin's father send Luzhin, after the chess lesson is interrupted?
(a) The attic.
(b) The park.
(c) School.
(d) Luzhin's room.

11. When Luzhin runs away from home, what does he learn from his aunt?
(a) That she is marrying his former chess partner.
(b) That his former chess partner has left the country.
(c) That she has been having an affair with Luzhin's father.
(d) That his former chess partner has died.

12. Who begins to teach Luzhin chess?
(a) His tutor.
(b) His father.
(c) His mother.
(d) His aunt.

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

14. What does Luzhin do immediately after proposing to his future wife?
(a) He bursts into tears.
(b) He bursts into laughter.
(c) He leaves the room, without waiting for a reply.
(d) He faints.

15. At the end of Luzhin's first day of play against Turati, what does Luzhin feel unable to do?
(a) Walk.
(b) Stay in the chess tournament room.
(c) Stay awake.
(d) Get up from his seat.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Luzhin's mother always have beside her, after she injures herself?

2. What does Luzhin do with the chess set he has been carrying with him, after he is able to play openly with his father?

3. When Luzhin's family arrives in the city, where does Luzhin run off to?

4. What injury does Luzhin's mother incur, one July day?

5. Who has been educating Luzhin at home, before his enrollment in school?

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