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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. On what floor is the apartment Luzhin's in-laws have rented for the newlyweds?
(a) The second.
(b) The fourth.
(c) The third.
(d) The fifth.

2. What subject does Luzhin prefer for his artistic efforts?
(a) Animals.
(b) Furniture.
(c) Plants.
(d) Geometric shapes.

3. What does Luzhin remember about his French governess?
(a) He remembers her sitting in the kitchen, laughing with the cook.
(b) He remembers her cracking him over the knuckles with a ruler.
(c) He remembers her riding the elevator instead of taking the stairs.
(d) He remembers her stealing cloth from his mother's sewing room.

4. Where does Luzhin's fiancee's father want her to go away to with her mother, to forget about Luzhin?
(a) Greece.
(b) France.
(c) Italy.
(d) England.

5. What two events become mixed up in Luzhin's perception?
(a) Visitig a travel agent and getting his passport.
(b) Visiting the dentist and getting his passport.
(c) Buying a hat and visiting a travel agent.
(d) Buying a hat and visiting the dentist.

Short Answer Questions

1. What room does Luzhin lock himself into?

2. What is Luzhin given by the coat room when he turns in his jacket at the ball?

3. What relative of Luzhin does Mrs. Luzhin's visitor know?

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

5. What is the one thing Luzhin finds wrong with the old jacket he begs his wife to let him keep?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Luzhin react after meeting an old acquaintance at the ball?

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

5. How does Luzhin kill himself?

6. What upsets Luzhien about the geography of the world?

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

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

9. Why doesn't Luzhin's fiancee ask him about his tuxedo?

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

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