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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 does Luzhin's fiancee think of when she walks with him in the garden of the sanatorium?
(a) A painting in her mother's home.
(b) A poem she loves.
(c) A book she read as a child.
(d) A sculpture she saw in a museum.

2. What is Luzhin's father-in-law doing when Luzhin visits him at his office?
(a) Meeting with a colleague.
(b) Reading some papers.
(c) Taking a nap.
(d) Dictating.

3. Why do Luzhin's in-laws spend time visiting at the Luzhin's house?
(a) It has a working stove.
(b) It has central heating.
(c) It has a new refrigerator.
(d) It has running water.

4. When was the last time Luzhin had been in church before his wedding?
(a) At his first communion.
(b) At his sixteenth birthday.
(c) At his father's funeral.
(d) At his mother's funeral.

5. What does Mrs. Luzhin feel when she reads to her husband?
(a) Nervousness.
(b) Joy.
(c) Boredom.
(d) Anger.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what floor is the apartment Luzhin's in-laws have rented for the newlyweds?

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

3. What does Luzhin's new landlady chide him for forgetting?

4. Who is Petrishchev, the man Luzhin winds up talking to at the ball?

5. What flowers are depicted on Mrs. Luzhin's mother's shawl, which she wears in her cold apartment?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Luzhin realize when he overhears his wife talking to her visitor?

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

3. What does Luzhin's future mother-in-law feel as the wedding approaches?

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

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

6. What does Valentinov want Luzhin to do for him?

7. What catches Luzhin's attention to distract him from chess that he is accidentally reminded of?

8. What does Luzhin think is the point of the "game" being played against him?

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

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

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