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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 Mrs. Luzhin show her husband, in a painting of the Last Supper?
(a) Trees in the background.
(b) Dogs under the table.
(c) The symmetry of the walls.
(d) Flowers in one of the apostle's hands.

2. When Luzhin asks the doctor who he is, what is the psychiatrist's reply?
(a) A psychiatrist.
(b) A doctor.
(c) A well-wisher.
(d) A friend.

3. What book do Luzhin and his wife find in their new study?
(a) An encyclopedia.
(b) A botanical guide.
(c) A medical reference.
(d) An atlas.

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

5. After his wife's old friend from Russia visits, how does Luzhin begin seeing his life?
(a) As a machine made of cogs.
(b) As a book written by his father.
(c) As a battle.
(d) As a game of chess.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mrs. Luzhin feel when she reads to her husband?

2. Why do Luzhin's in-laws spend time visiting at the Luzhin's house?

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

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

5. What subject does Luzhin prefer for his artistic efforts?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Luzhin feel at his wedding reception?

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

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

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

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

7. What does Luzhin think is the point of the "game" being played against him?

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

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

10. How does Luzhin falling unconscious affect his fiancee?

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