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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are townspeople doing in the area where there are tennis courts in the summer, at the beginning of Chapter 13?
(a) Having a snowball fight.
(b) Holding a concert.
(c) Ice skating.
(d) Playing hockey.

2. What excuse does Mrs. Luzhin leave in a message for Valentinov to explain that Luzhin will not visit him?
(a) That they have to attend to urgent family business.
(b) That they are leaving the country.
(c) That her husband is ill.
(d) That they are too busy.

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

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

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

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

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

8. What two events become mixed up in Luzhin's perception?
(a) Visitig a travel agent and getting his passport.
(b) Buying a hat and visiting a travel agent.
(c) Visiting the dentist and getting his passport.
(d) Buying a hat and visiting the dentist.

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

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

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

12. After failing to hide the chess set, what does Luzhin decide to do with it?
(a) Display it in the study.
(b) Get rid of it.
(c) Keep it on the bedroom floor.
(d) Put it in the kitchen cupboard.

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

14. What does Mrs. Luzhin feel when she reads to her husband?
(a) Anger.
(b) Joy.
(c) Nervousness.
(d) Boredom.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Luzhin's future mother-in-law's prime objection to her daughter marrying Luzhin?

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

3. What does Mrs. Luzhin hope to interest her husband in?

4. What does Luzhin listen to as he lies awake at night?

5. What happened to the student that Mrs. Luzhkin's visitor used to be in love with?

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