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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Of the portraits Luzhin makes, which turns out the best?
(a) His mother-in-law.
(b) His father-in-law.
(c) His wife.
(d) His self-portrait.

2. What else seems odd about Luzhin's old jacket, when Luzhin is trying it on?
(a) One sleeve is slightly longer than the other.
(b) The color of the jacket seems different than Luzhin remembers.
(c) There seems to be something in the pocket, but the pocket is empty.
(d) The jacket is longer in back than in front.

3. Who is more drunk, Kurt or Gunther?
(a) Gunther.
(b) Both are equally drunk.
(c) Kurt.
(d) Neither is drunk.

4. What does Luzhin think vaguely of, but is unable to recall, while he is ill in the sanatorium?
(a) His grandfather's chess magazines.
(b) The smell of his aunt's perfume.
(c) His mother's hard candies.
(d) His first chess set.

5. When he wakes in the hospital, what does Luzhin ask a nurse?
(a) Who are you?
(b) What time is it?
(c) Where am I?
(d) What day is it?

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

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

8. How does Luzhin's mother-in-law speak to him after the wedding?
(a) She speaks constantly but condescendingly, never referring to her new son-in-law.
(b) She speaks hardly at all, ignoring him.
(c) She speaks in a friendly way, using the familiar form of "you."
(d) She speaks formally and distantly, using the formal form of "you."

9. What does Luzhin do before saying goodbye to his wife?
(a) He cleans out his pockets.
(b) He takes off his shoes.
(c) He bathes and shaves.
(d) He puts on his hat, scarf, and overcoat.

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

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

12. When Luzhin asks the doctor who he is, what is the psychiatrist's reply?
(a) A doctor.
(b) A well-wisher.
(c) A psychiatrist.
(d) A friend.

13. When Luzhin dreams about Turati before his wedding, what is Turati doing in the dream?
(a) Picking mushrooms.
(b) Playing chess.
(c) Eating soup.
(d) Playing the piano.

14. What excuse does Luzhin give for slipping off on his own?
(a) Returning a library book.
(b) Returning someone's wallet.
(c) An appointment with a business associate.
(d) Going back to the dentist.

15. What does Luzhin teach himself, after visiting his father-in-law's office?
(a) How to use a mimeograph machine.
(b) How to manage accounting books.
(c) The German tax code.
(d) How to type.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What flowers are depicted on Mrs. Luzhin's mother's shawl, which she wears in her cold apartment?

3. What is the house number of Luzhin's father's former house?

4. Where does Luzhin's fiancee's father want her to go away to with her mother, to forget about Luzhin?

5. After his wife's old friend from Russia visits, how does Luzhin begin seeing his life?

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