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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does Mrs. Luzhin feel when she reads to her husband?
(a) Nervousness.
(b) Anger.
(c) Boredom.
(d) Joy.
2. 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 thinks a large city will be too stressful for Luzhin.
(d) She doesn't want to mention anywhere they can't afford.
3. What children does Mrs. Luzhin's visitor have?
(a) A little boy and a little girl.
(b) A little girl.
(c) A little boy.
(d) Two little girls.
4. When he wakes in the hospital, what does Luzhin ask a nurse?
(a) What time is it?
(b) What day is it?
(c) Where am I?
(d) Who are you?
5. What room does Luzhin lock himself into?
(a) The bathroom.
(b) The bedroom.
(c) The dining room.
(d) The study.
6. Where does Luzhin disappear to at the ball?
(a) A private room upstairs.
(b) An armchair by the staircase.
(c) The coat room closet.
(d) A nook behind the decorated tree.
7. How does Mrs. Luzhin feel when her visitor finally leaves Berlin?
(a) Sad.
(b) Worried.
(c) Angry.
(d) Relieved.
8. Who is more drunk, Kurt or Gunther?
(a) Gunther.
(b) Both are equally drunk.
(c) Kurt.
(d) Neither is drunk.
9. What does Luzhin's new landlady chide him for forgetting?
(a) He forgets to turn out the light and close his door.
(b) He forgets to take in the newspaper and milk.
(c) He forgets to lock his room when he leaves.
(d) He forgets to pay his rent.
10. 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.
11. What does Luzhin do in his mind while his wife reads to him?
(a) Imagine traveling to new lands.
(b) Relive childhood memories.
(c) Retreat to a formless, dark place.
(d) Solve chess problems.
12. What does Luzhin do before saying goodbye to his wife?
(a) He puts on his hat, scarf, and overcoat.
(b) He takes off his shoes.
(c) He bathes and shaves.
(d) He cleans out his pockets.
13. What happened to the student that Mrs. Luzhkin's visitor used to be in love with?
(a) He fled Russia for the Middle East.
(b) He was killed in World War I.
(c) He was drowned in an accident.
(d) He was shot by communists.
14. 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.
15. What color does Luzhin choose for his suit?
(a) Tan.
(b) Dark Brown.
(c) Dark blue.
(d) Dark gray.
Short Answer Questions
1. What else seems odd about Luzhin's old jacket, when Luzhin is trying it on?
2. What does Luzhin eventually win in the raffle at the ball?
3. What does Luzhin think vaguely of, but is unable to recall, while he is ill in the sanatorium?
4. What is Luzhin like when his fiancee sits with him at the sanatorium?
5. Where does Mrs. Luzhin want her husband to visit?
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