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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What excuse does Luzhin make for his sullenness and silence?
(a) A back ache.
(b) A headache.
(c) A toothache.
(d) A stomach ache.

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

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

5. Where does Luzhin disappear to at the ball?
(a) A private room upstairs.
(b) The coat room closet.
(c) An armchair by the staircase.
(d) A nook behind the decorated tree.

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

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

8. 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.

9. What does Luzhin's new landlady chide him for forgetting?
(a) He forgets to lock his room when he leaves.
(b) He forgets to take in the newspaper and milk.
(c) He forgets to pay his rent.
(d) He forgets to turn out the light and close his door.

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

11. What room does Luzhin lock himself into?
(a) The bedroom.
(b) The study.
(c) The dining room.
(d) The bathroom.

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

13. What does Luzhin feel like, when he moves into his new apartment after getting out of the hospital?
(a) Like he did when he started school as a boy.
(b) Like he did when moving from country to town as a child.
(c) Like he did whenever he started a new chess game.
(d) Like he did whenever moving into a new hotel room.

14. Who is depicted atop the bookcase in the new apartment?
(a) Tolstoy.
(b) Milton.
(c) Dante.
(d) Shakespeare.

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When was the last time Luzhin had been in church before his wedding?

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

4. What excuse does Mrs. Luzhin leave in a message for Valentinov to explain that Luzhin will not visit him?

5. What does Valentinov do in the car, as he drives Luzhin to his club?

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