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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. What kind of puzzles does Luzhin enjoy doing?
(a) Cryptograms.
(b) Jigsaw puzzles.
(c) Jumbles.
(d) Crossword puzzles.

2. On the first game that Luzhin's opponent doesn't beat him, what is the result?
(a) Luzhin wins by virtue of his grown skill.
(b) A draw.
(c) His opponent lets Luzhin win.
(d) The game is never finished.

3. When Luzhin's fiancee's father meets Luzhin, what does he offer the chess champion?
(a) A snack.
(b) A glass of water.
(c) A glass of wine.
(d) A cigarette.

4. When Luzhin's father goes to write a book about a boy like his son, what is the first scene that occurs to him?
(a) A boy beating his father at their first game of chess.
(b) A boy playing a simultaneous chess match.
(c) A boy hiding in his room, reading chess magazines.
(d) A boy winning an adult chess tournament.

5. What habit of Luzhin's particularly annoys his future wife's mother?
(a) He sits with his back to her.
(b) He looks at her shoes when he talks.
(c) He talks about himself in the third person.
(d) He talks into his hat.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who interrupts the chess game?

2. At Luzhin's school, what teacher is out with a cold?

3. What do Luzhin and his father go to gather under the fir trees?

4. Where does Luzhin hide during the party?

5. What does Luzhin's fiancee's mother tell him that he should do, when he comes to her home early and only she is there?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In Chapter 2, what school subject does Luzhin show interest in?

3. What does Luzhin ask his fiancee to do, on the second day she comes to his Berlin chess tournament?

4. How is Luzhin affected by spectators at his chess games?

5. Explain the nickname that the other boys give Luzhin at school.

6. How does Luzhin feel about his aunt?

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

8. What problem does Luzhin have getting to his game with his final rival?

9. Why does Luzhin's mother leave her husband and son to return to Russia, and how does Luzhin's father react?

10. How does Luzhin respond to his fiancee's parents' home?

(see the answer keys)

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