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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 lights a match and then forgets about it.
(b) He slams his cane down on his hand.
(c) He bangs his head against the wall.
(d) He kicks his foot against the table leg.

2. Why have Luzhin's parents put off telling him that they've enrolled him in a school?
(a) They're afraid he'll throw a tantrum.
(b) They don't think he'll understand the idea.
(c) They are worried the school will cancel at the last minute.
(d) They're afraid he'll run away.

3. How does Luzhin treat the guests at his birthday?
(a) He makes rude comments to them.
(b) He ignores them.
(c) He is happy and talks to them constantly.
(d) He is polite to them but secretly hates them.

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

5. What question does Luzhin's fiancee's father ask Luzhin?
(a) Whether there's a move in chess that always lets you win.
(b) Whether he can really make a living playing chess.
(c) Whether chess isn't a rather childish game.
(d) Whether he plays other games besides chess.

6. What do Luzhin and his father go to gather under the fir trees?
(a) White daisies.
(b) Red bolete mushrooms.
(c) Wild red roses.
(d) Wild mint leaves.

7. Where is Luzhin's father when the idea for a novel about a boy like his son hits him?
(a) At a restaurant, waiting for a meeting that never happens.
(b) At a train station, waiting for his son, who doesn't show up.
(c) At a park, passing the time before his train is due to leave.
(d) At a bar, waiting for a date who doesn't show up.

8. What does Luzhin do with the chess set he has been carrying with him, after he is able to play openly with his father?
(a) He gives it away.
(b) He sells it.
(c) He hides it in his bed.
(d) He buries it.

9. 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 a too-slick con artist.
(c) That he is a boor.
(d) That he is too good for her daughter.

10. What does Luzhin's future wife hear that he does in his room late at night?
(a) Create and write down chess puzzles.
(b) Sit in front of an empty chess board.
(c) Play a famous chess game over and over with a chess set.
(d) Write his memoirs.

11. What injury does Luzhin's mother incur, one July day?
(a) She sprains her foot.
(b) She sprains her back.
(c) Her arm is pulled out of the socket.
(d) She breaks her wrist.

12. What is Luzhin's response to his father, when his father comes to visit him at school?
(a) Luzhin cries and yells at his father.
(b) Luzhin talks a mile a minute to his father.
(c) Luzhin is happy and wants his father to stay.
(d) Luzhin shows little interest in his father.

13. How is Luzhin greeted when he arrives at his aunt's house?
(a) Her maid tells him his aunt is still asleep and to wait.
(b) Her maid tells him his aunt is out and slams the door.
(c) His aunt slams the door in his face.
(d) His aunt is outside the house and greets him happily.

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

15. Luzhin spectacularly wins a chess game in Berlin after sacrificing what three pieces in a row?
(a) A knight, a pawn, and a bishop.
(b) A queen, a rook, and a knight.
(c) A rook, a bishop, and a knight.
(d) A pawn, a bishop, and a queen.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Luzhin's championship game against Turati, how does Turati open the game?

2. What does the doctor give to Luzhin?

3. What does Luzhin's future wife's mother say she represents?

4. When does Luzhin's father return after going into town during the summer?

5. What habit of Luzhin's particularly annoys his future wife's mother?

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