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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. When Luzhin finally comes to his bedroom on his wedding night, where does his wife go?
(a) To the closet.
(b) To the bed.
(c) To the kitchen.
(d) To take a bath.

2. How do Luzhin and his wife enter the ball?
(a) One following the other.
(b) Arm in arm.
(c) From separate doors.
(d) Back to back.

3. At the wedding reception, how much champagne does Luzhin drink?
(a) Six glasses.
(b) Two glasses.
(c) Four glasses.
(d) None.

4. How does Mrs. Luzhin feel when her visitor finally leaves Berlin?
(a) Sad.
(b) Relieved.
(c) Worried.
(d) Angry.

5. What does Valentinov tell Mrs. Luzhin to whisper in her husband's ear?
(a) Valentinov's come for you again.
(b) Valentinov's expecting you.
(c) Remember our little game?
(d) It's not too late.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Luzhin disappears, what does Petrishchev think?

2. What excuse does Luzhin make for his sullenness and silence?

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

4. What does Luzhin's fiancee threaten that she will do, if he starts thinking about chess?

5. What does Mrs. Luzhin criticize about her body, as she examines herself in the mirror on her wedding night?

Short Essay Questions

1. How to Kurt and Karl know where to send Luzhin in the taxi?

2. How does Luzhin's fiancee's mother react to the idea that Luzhin is drunk?

3. What is Luzhin doing when Ivan knocks over the lamp?

4. What word keeps going through Mrs. Luzhin's mind on her wedding night, and what does it mean?

5. At the ball, how does Mrs. Luzhin compare the movie actresses to her husband in her mind?

6. How does Luzhin read?

7. What letter does Luzhin send to a stranger?

8. What does Luzhin think when the lights come on again after Ivan has knocked over the lamp?

9. What memory of his father does Luzhin recall when he stops to buy fruit?

10. How does Luzhin falling unconscious affect his fiancee?

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