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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does Mrs. Luzhin take her husband that he's never been before?
(a) The movies.
(b) To a play.
(c) On a boat.
(d) In an airplane.

3. What is the house number of Luzhin's father's former house?
(a) Thirty-one D.
(b) Thirty-five A.
(c) Thirty-three C.
(d) Thirty-seven B.

4. What does Luzhin's fiancee think of when she walks with him in the garden of the sanatorium?
(a) A book she read as a child.
(b) A sculpture she saw in a museum.
(c) A painting in her mother's home.
(d) A poem she loves.

5. Who is Petrishchev, the man Luzhin winds up talking to at the ball?
(a) A Parisian banker who was Luzhin's former chess opponent.
(b) A Canadian store owner who knew Mrs. Luzhin as a girl.
(c) An Egyptian hotel clerk who has Luzhin's aunt's godchild.
(d) A Brazilian plantation worker who was Luzhin's former classmate.

6. What does Valentinov tell Mrs. Luzhin to whisper in her husband's ear?
(a) It's not too late.
(b) Remember our little game?
(c) Valentinov's come for you again.
(d) Valentinov's expecting you.

7. When Mrs. Luzhin's intellectual guests gather at the tea table, what is the immediate response?
(a) A cacophony of talking.
(b) A clatter of dishes and teacups.
(c) Laughter.
(d) Silence.

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

9. Where is the first place Mrs. Luzhin suggests they travel?
(a) To the French Riviera.
(b) To Venice, Italy.
(c) To the Carribean.
(d) To America.

10. What book do Luzhin and his wife find in their new study?
(a) A medical reference.
(b) A botanical guide.
(c) An encyclopedia.
(d) An atlas.

11. When does Luzhin feel a strange emptiness, as he prepares for his wedding?
(a) Whenever he is surrounded by people.
(b) All the time.
(c) When he is alone, in the early morning or late night.
(d) When he suddenly catches a glimpse of himself in the mirror.

12. What is Luzhin's father-in-law doing when Luzhin visits him at his office?
(a) Dictating.
(b) Reading some papers.
(c) Meeting with a colleague.
(d) Taking a nap.

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

14. What does Luzhin do when he gets into the cab with his new wife after the wedding reception?
(a) He sits silently and sullenly.
(b) He falls asleep.
(c) He begins talking incomprehensibly.
(d) He tries to kiss her.

15. After his wife's old friend from Russia visits, how does Luzhin begin seeing his life?
(a) As a game of chess.
(b) As a book written by his father.
(c) As a battle.
(d) As a machine made of cogs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What difference does Mrs. Luzhin see between Germany and Russia?

2. What author does Luzhin's fiancee tell her mother that Luzhin has never read?

3. When was the last time Luzhin had been in church before his wedding?

4. Who meets Luzhin and his new wife when they arrive home after their reception?

5. Why does Mrs. Luzhin avoid mentioning large cities when talking of traveling?

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