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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. Who meets Luzhin and his new wife when they arrive home after their reception?
(a) Luzhin's new in-laws.
(b) No one.
(c) Their new servant.
(d) Close friends of Mrs. Luzhin.

2. Who is Petrishchev, the man Luzhin winds up talking to at the ball?
(a) A Brazilian plantation worker who was Luzhin's former classmate.
(b) A Parisian banker who was Luzhin's former chess opponent.
(c) An Egyptian hotel clerk who has Luzhin's aunt's godchild.
(d) A Canadian store owner who knew Mrs. Luzhin as a girl.

3. What fruit does Luzhin buy on his walk with his wife?
(a) Oranges.
(b) Pears.
(c) Apples.
(d) Strawberries.

4. What is Luzhin's future mother-in-law's prime objection to her daughter marrying Luzhin?
(a) She is afraid Luzhin is mentally unstable.
(b) She thinks her daughter doesn't love him.
(c) She thinks Luzhin is from a bad family.
(d) She thinks Luzhin is uncouth.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who do the drunk men find waiting up by a lighted window at Luzhin's fiancee's parents' house?

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

3. What does everyone mistake Luzhin's drawing of oranges for?

4. What author does Luzhin's fiancee tell her mother that Luzhin has never read?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Luzhin falling unconscious affect his fiancee?

3. What are Mrs. Luzhin's political opinions about the Soviet Union?

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

5. How does Luzhin kill himself?

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

7. What does Luzhin's psychiatrist say about the possibility of him marrying?

8. What does Luzhin's psychiatrist ask him about?

9. How does Luzhin's fiancee feel about their new apartment as she furnishes it?

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

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