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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III, Chapter 7, Stepan Verkhovensky's Last Pilgrimage and Chapter 8, Conclusion.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the overall message of The Possessed?
(a) Russia is possessed with demons.
(b) Russia is in the hands of loving protectors like Stepan Verkhovensky.
(c) Tyrannical monarchy will bring about its own downfall.
(d) Conspiracy against the government is always fruitless.

2. Whom does Mrs. Stavrogin invite into the conversation that starts Chapter 5?
(a) Lisa Tushin.
(b) Verkhovensky.
(c) Dasha and the Drozdovs.
(d) Nicholas and Dasha.

3. What does Peter ask his father in front of the group?
(a) Whether he really intends to get Mrs. Stavrogin's money.
(b) Whether his father taught Nicholas Stavrogin how to treat women
(c) Whether Dasha was really seduced in Switzerland.
(d) Whether he wants him to save his father from Dasha.

4. Who do the townspeople believe killed Mary and Captain Lebyatkin?
(a) Fedka.
(b) Stavrogin.
(c) Shatov.
(d) Liputin.

5. Who alone knows the purpose of the meeting at Virginsky's house?
(a) Peter Verkhovensky.
(b) Liputin.
(c) Virginsky.
(d) Mrs. Stavrogin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the townspeople think the Lebyatkins were killed?

2. What happens on Stavrogin's third shot?

3. Who kills Shatov?

4. Who does Lebyatkin live with?

5. What does Stepan ask Liputin about at their meeting?

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