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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Luzhin dream when he finally falls asleep?
(a) He dreams he's a piece on a chess board.
(b) He dreams of being a boy playing chess with his father.
(c) He dreams he is the world champion chess master.
(d) He dreams he's in the snow, digging up a chess set from frozen ground.

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

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

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

5. Why does Mrs. Luzhin avoid mentioning large cities when talking of traveling?
(a) She doesn't want to go places Luzhin has been without her.
(b) She doesn't want to remind Luzhin of chess tournaments.
(c) She doesn't want to mention anywhere they can't afford.
(d) She thinks a large city will be too stressful for Luzhin.

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

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

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

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

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

11. 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.

12. Why doesn't Luzhin hide his chess set?
(a) He decides it's best to keep it in the open.
(b) He gets distracted by his drawing and forgets about it.
(c) He can't find a place for it.
(d) He loses it before he can hide it.

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

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

15. 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 in a friendly way, using the familiar form of "you."
(c) She speaks formally and distantly, using the formal form of "you."
(d) She speaks hardly at all, ignoring him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is taken off in the taxi cab?

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

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

4. What does Mrs. Luzhin feel when she reads to her husband?

5. Of the portraits Luzhin makes, which turns out the best?

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