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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 is Luzhin's future mother-in-law's prime objection to her daughter marrying Luzhin?
(a) She thinks Luzhin is from a bad family.
(b) She is afraid Luzhin is mentally unstable.
(c) She thinks Luzhin is uncouth.
(d) She thinks her daughter doesn't love him.

2. When Mrs. Luzhin comes to bed on her wedding night, where is her husband?
(a) On the sofa.
(b) Asleep.
(c) In the kitchen.
(d) Taking a walk.

3. What else seems odd about Luzhin's old jacket, when Luzhin is trying it on?
(a) The color of the jacket seems different than Luzhin remembers.
(b) There seems to be something in the pocket, but the pocket is empty.
(c) The jacket is longer in back than in front.
(d) One sleeve is slightly longer than the other.

4. What author does Luzhin's fiancee tell her mother that Luzhin has never read?
(a) Thomas Carlyle.
(b) George Eliot.
(c) Pushkin.
(d) Tolstoy.

5. What does Mrs. Luzhin criticize about her body, as she examines herself in the mirror on her wedding night?
(a) Her legs.
(b) Her hips.
(c) Her neck.
(d) Her belly.

Short Answer Questions

1. What year is the desk calendar that Luzhin's fiancee finds in his room?

2. What excuse does Luzhin give for slipping off on his own?

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

4. What possession of Luzhin's does his fiancee retrieve from the tournament hall?

5. When Luzhin dreams about Turati before his wedding, what is Turati doing in the dream?

Short Essay Questions

1. What letter does Luzhin send to a stranger?

2. How does Luzhin's fiancee feel about their new apartment as she furnishes it?

3. How does Luzhin read?

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

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

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

7. How does Luzhin kill himself?

8. What does Luzhin see in the window of a stationery store that fascinates him?

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

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

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