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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 kinds of articles does Mrs. Luzhin have her husband read to her?
(a) Business or financial articles.
(b) Political analysis articles.
(c) Scientific or mathematical articles.
(d) Humorous or heartfelt articles.

2. What is Luzhin like when his fiancee sits with him at the sanatorium?
(a) Luzhin is mostly talkative but distracted.
(b) Luzhin is mostly angry and agitated.
(c) Luzhin is mostly sullen and restless.
(d) Luzhin is mostly immobile and unresponsive.

3. What is Luzhin given by the coat room when he turns in his jacket at the ball?
(a) A plastic card.
(b) A paper ticket.
(c) A metal number.
(d) A cloth marker.

4. What children does Mrs. Luzhin's visitor have?
(a) A little girl.
(b) A little boy and a little girl.
(c) A little boy.
(d) Two little girls.

5. How do Luzhin and his wife enter the ball?
(a) One following the other.
(b) Arm in arm.
(c) From separate doors.
(d) Back to back.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When Luzhin finally comes to his bedroom on his wedding night, where does his wife go?

3. What does Luzhin teach himself, after visiting his father-in-law's office?

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

5. After failing to hide the chess set, what does Luzhin decide to do with it?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What letter does Luzhin send to a stranger?

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

8. How does Luzhin falling unconscious affect his fiancee?

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

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

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