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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Luzhin's fiancee eating when her parents tackle her about giving up Luzhin at the beginning of Chapter 10?
(a) Potatoes.
(b) Hot cereal.
(c) Steak and gravy.
(d) Waffles.

3. What is the Luzhins' maid particularly bat at?
(a) Dusting.
(b) Making the beds.
(c) Baking bread.
(d) Taking phone calls.

4. Where does Luzhin's fiancee's father want her to go away to with her mother, to forget about Luzhin?
(a) Italy.
(b) France.
(c) England.
(d) Greece.

5. What does Luzhin's future father-in-law talk to him about privately before his wedding?
(a) Luzhin's future mother-in-law's feelings about Luzhin.
(b) Treating Luzhin's future wife kindly.
(c) Paying him back the money Luzhin owes for his upkeep.
(d) Getting Luzhin a job.

6. What does Luzhin eventually win in the raffle at the ball?
(a) A small ornamental box.
(b) A pair of earrings.
(c) A lamp.
(d) A children's book.

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

8. What item does Luzhin find in the lining of his pocket?
(a) A chess board.
(b) A wooden pawn.
(c) A notebook.
(d) A ring.

9. What does Valentinov do in the car, as he drives Luzhin to his club?
(a) He alternately laughs and coughs.
(b) He reads.
(c) He yells at another man.
(d) He tells Luzhin stories about the movie industry.

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

11. What is Luzhin's future mother-in-law's prime objection to her daughter marrying Luzhin?
(a) She thinks Luzhin is uncouth.
(b) She thinks Luzhin is from a bad family.
(c) She is afraid Luzhin is mentally unstable.
(d) She thinks her daughter doesn't love him.

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

13. What does Mrs. Luzhin show her husband, in a painting of the Last Supper?
(a) Dogs under the table.
(b) Trees in the background.
(c) Flowers in one of the apostle's hands.
(d) The symmetry of the walls.

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

15. Who does Kurt think Luzhin is at first?
(a) Gunther.
(b) Pulvermacher.
(c) Koehler.
(d) Eichmann.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Petrishchev, the man Luzhin winds up talking to at the ball?

2. Who is depicted atop the bookcase in the new apartment?

3. How does Luzhin's mother-in-law speak to him after the wedding?

4. When Luzhin finally comes to his bedroom on his wedding night, where does his wife go?

5. What does Luzhin's new landlady chide him for forgetting?

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