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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How long does Luzhin stay at his aunt's?
(a) Three hours.
(b) Two hours.
(c) Four hours.
(d) One hour.
2. What does the doctor give to Luzhin?
(a) A set of chess pieces.
(b) A chess timer.
(c) A chess board.
(d) A chess handbook.
3. Who sketches Luzhin and Turati at the chess tournament in Berlin?
(a) A local portrait painter.
(b) A famous sculpter.
(c) Luzhin's fiancee.
(d) A newspaper sketch artist.
4. How is Luzhin greeted when he arrives at his aunt's house?
(a) Her maid tells him his aunt is out and slams the door.
(b) His aunt is outside the house and greets him happily.
(c) His aunt slams the door in his face.
(d) Her maid tells him his aunt is still asleep and to wait.
5. Where are Luzhin and his father when Archduke Ferdinand is killed, starting World War I?
(a) In Russia.
(b) In France.
(c) In Switzerland.
(d) In Germany.
6. What is Luzhin's problem in school?
(a) Math.
(b) Understanding lessons.
(c) Social interaction.
(d) Playing too much.
7. Who interrupts Luzhin's first chess lesson?
(a) His aunt.
(b) His mother.
(c) His father.
(d) His tutor.
8. Where does Luzhin tell his father he learned to play chess?
(a) In the park.
(b) At school.
(c) From a friend's father.
(d) From his aunt.
9. How does Luzhin usually travel to school?
(a) On foot.
(b) In a cab.
(c) On a horse.
(d) With his father.
10. What does Luzhin's future wife hear that he does in his room late at night?
(a) Play a famous chess game over and over with a chess set.
(b) Create and write down chess puzzles.
(c) Sit in front of an empty chess board.
(d) Write his memoirs.
11. What is Luzhin's response to his father, when his father comes to visit him at school?
(a) Luzhin is happy and wants his father to stay.
(b) Luzhin shows little interest in his father.
(c) Luzhin cries and yells at his father.
(d) Luzhin talks a mile a minute to his father.
12. What happens when Luzhin goes to visit his father's grave after his death?
(a) Luzhin can't find the gravestone.
(b) Luzhin places flowers on the gravestone and feels bitter anger.
(c) Luzhin can't garner emotion for his father's death, but lays flowers on the gravestone.
(d) Luzhin cries over his father's gravestone.
13. What kind of puzzles does Luzhin enjoy doing?
(a) Jumbles.
(b) Crossword puzzles.
(c) Jigsaw puzzles.
(d) Cryptograms.
14. Who does Luzhin's future wife make him think of, when he first meets him?
(a) His mother.
(b) His aunt.
(c) A prostitute.
(d) A girl at his school.
15. How does Luzhin feel the morning after his father's party?
(a) Luzhin is bored.
(b) Luzhin is excited.
(c) Luzhin is angry.
(d) Luzhin is exhausted.
Short Answer Questions
1. What excuse does Luzhin give the first day he skips school?
2. How old is Luzhin when he returns to the German resort where he went to with his father when recovering from his illness?
3. What painting does Luzhin take note of in his fiancee's parents' home?
4. During their walk the morning after the party, what does Luzhin's father suggest he take up?
5. What does Luzhin drop that his future wife picks up and returns to him?
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