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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What causes Mrs. Luzhin to be away from her husband a good deal?
(a) She is helping her sick mother.
(b) She is planning their proposed trip.
(c) She is volunteering at her church.
(d) She is helping a friend shop.

2. What fruit does Luzhin buy on his walk with his wife?
(a) Apples.
(b) Oranges.
(c) Strawberries.
(d) Pears.

3. What does Mrs. Luzhin wear on her wedding night?
(a) A pink silk robe.
(b) A white negligee.
(c) Her husband's shirt.
(d) Pajamas.

4. How does Mrs. Luzhin feel when her visitor finally leaves Berlin?
(a) Angry.
(b) Sad.
(c) Worried.
(d) Relieved.

5. What author does Luzhin's fiancee tell her mother that Luzhin has never read?
(a) Tolstoy.
(b) George Eliot.
(c) Pushkin.
(d) Thomas Carlyle.

6. How often do the Luzhins dine with Mrs. Luzhin's parents?
(a) Three times a week.
(b) Five times a week.
(c) Four times a week.
(d) Twice a week.

7. What does Mrs. Luzhin criticize about her body, as she examines herself in the mirror on her wedding night?
(a) Her neck.
(b) Her hips.
(c) Her belly.
(d) Her legs.

8. What relative of Luzhin does Mrs. Luzhin's visitor know?
(a) His cousin.
(b) His mother.
(c) His father.
(d) His aunt.

9. What does Luzhin's fiancee threaten that she will do, if he starts thinking about chess?
(a) Beat him.
(b) Stop loving him.
(c) Kill herself.
(d) Not marry him.

10. What possession of Luzhin's does his fiancee retrieve from the tournament hall?
(a) His cloak.
(b) His cane.
(c) His shoes.
(d) His hat.

11. What room does Luzhin lock himself into?
(a) The bedroom.
(b) The bathroom.
(c) The dining room.
(d) The study.

12. When Luzhin finally comes to his bedroom on his wedding night, where does his wife go?
(a) To the closet.
(b) To the bed.
(c) To take a bath.
(d) To the kitchen.

13. How do Luzhin and his wife enter the ball?
(a) Arm in arm.
(b) From separate doors.
(c) Back to back.
(d) One following the other.

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

15. What happened to the student that Mrs. Luzhkin's visitor used to be in love with?
(a) He was shot by communists.
(b) He fled Russia for the Middle East.
(c) He was killed in World War I.
(d) He was drowned in an accident.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Luzhin like when his fiancee sits with him at the sanatorium?

2. What does Luzhin's fiancee think of when she walks with him in the garden of the sanatorium?

3. What does Luzhin remember about his French governess?

4. What does Luzhin think vaguely of, but is unable to recall, while he is ill in the sanatorium?

5. What artistic medium does Luzhin prefer?

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