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

2. What room does Luzhin lock himself into?
(a) The bathroom.
(b) The study.
(c) The dining room.
(d) The bedroom.

3. Who is more drunk, Kurt or Gunther?
(a) Kurt.
(b) Neither is drunk.
(c) Both are equally drunk.
(d) Gunther.

4. How does Luzhin's mother-in-law speak to him after the wedding?
(a) She speaks hardly at all, ignoring him.
(b) She speaks constantly but condescendingly, never referring to her new son-in-law.
(c) She speaks formally and distantly, using the formal form of "you."
(d) She speaks in a friendly way, using the familiar form of "you."

5. Where does Mrs. Luzhin take her husband that he's never been before?
(a) On a boat.
(b) To a play.
(c) In an airplane.
(d) The movies.

Short Answer Questions

1. What excuse does Mrs. Luzhin leave in a message for Valentinov to explain that Luzhin will not visit him?

2. What does Luzhin do when he gets into the cab with his new wife after the wedding reception?

3. What children does Mrs. Luzhin's visitor have?

4. How does Luzhin feel about the phonograph?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What books that his fiancee brings him in the sanatorium does Luzhin enjoy?

3. How does Luzhin act in the days before his wedding?

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

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

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

7. What letter does Luzhin send to a stranger?

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

9. Why does Mrs. Luzhin find it difficult to locate her husband at the ball?

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

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