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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the beginning of the novel, what does the main character associate the name "Luzhin" with?
(a) His mother.
(b) Himself.
(c) Nothing.
(d) His father.

2. What fundamental drive does Luzhin's future wife have?
(a) The need to feel superior to others.
(b) The need to understand the world is a logical, organized way.
(c) The need to romanticize herself to others.
(d) The need to help any creature that is suffering.

3. Who does Luzhin's future wife make him think of, when he first meets him?
(a) His aunt.
(b) A prostitute.
(c) His mother.
(d) A girl at his school.

4. Who interrupts Luzhin's first chess lesson?
(a) His father.
(b) His tutor.
(c) His mother.
(d) His aunt.

5. What does Luzhin's future wife's mother say she represents?
(a) The unromantic, logical, scientific world of the new era.
(b) The bohemian creative streak of their family.
(c) The intelligencia and avante-garde literary world.
(d) The otherworldly and the spiritual.

Short Answer Questions

1. How are Luzhin's grades at school?

2. What painting does Luzhin take note of in his fiancee's parents' home?

3. How many games does it take before Luzhin's opponent begins having difficulty beating him?

4. When Luzhin's family arrives in the city, where does Luzhin run off to?

5. Who interrupts the chess game?

Short Essay Questions

1. What authors does Luzhin like to read?

2. What does Luzhin resent while he is working on a puzzle?

3. How does Luzhin's father die?

4. How does Luzhin feel about playing chess blind?

5. How doe Luzhin's fiancee seem like a dream to him?

6. How does Luzhin senior's wife react when he has to go to town for the day?

7. When Luzhin watches the chess game between his classmates, what move excites him?

8. What happens when Luzhin is found hiding in his family's house at the end of Chapter 1?

9. How does Valentinov view Luzhin?

10. Before playing with his son, how does Luzhin's father consider his own chess abilities?

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