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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 does Kurt think Luzhin is at first?
(a) Pulvermacher.
(b) Eichmann.
(c) Koehler.
(d) Gunther.

2. What does Valentinov do in the car, as he drives Luzhin to his club?
(a) He yells at another man.
(b) He alternately laughs and coughs.
(c) He reads.
(d) He tells Luzhin stories about the movie industry.

3. What is the one thing Luzhin finds wrong with the old jacket he begs his wife to let him keep?
(a) A missing button.
(b) A rip in the lapel.
(c) A hole in the pocket.
(d) A mark on the collar.

4. What happened to the student that Mrs. Luzhkin's visitor used to be in love with?
(a) He was shot by communists.
(b) He fled Russia for the Middle East.
(c) He was killed in World War I.
(d) He was drowned in an accident.

5. How does Luzhin's mother-in-law speak to him after the wedding?
(a) She speaks in a friendly way, using the familiar form of "you."
(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 hardly at all, ignoring him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Luzhin's future father-in-law talk to him about privately before his wedding?

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

3. Who is more drunk, Kurt or Gunther?

4. What does Mrs. Luzhin hope to interest her husband in?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is Mrs. Luzhin reminded of when she reads Soviet newspapers?

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

5. How does Luzhin react to the parties of intellectuals that his wife entertains?

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

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

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

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

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

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