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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 do we learn from Stavrogin's confrontation with Shatov?
(a) That Mary Lebyatkin is Stavrogin's sister.
(b) That Shatov is married to Lary Lebyatkin.
(c) That Stavrogin is married to Mary Lebyatkin.
(d) That Mary Lebyatkin is Stavrogin's half-sister.

2. Why is Lisa Tushin killed?
(a) She is killed by the radicals, who want to get to Stavrogin.
(b) The police convict her of the murder of Captain and Mary Lebyatkin and execute her.
(c) She is killed accidentally when her carriage turns over.
(d) The townspeople blame her for the murder of Captain and Mary Lebyatkin.

3. Who is Nicholas Stavrogin's tutor?
(a) Liputin.
(b) Virginsky.
(c) Shatov.
(d) Verkhovensky.

4. Russia's salvation seems to reside where, in Dostoevsky's opinion?
(a) In the Church.
(b) In the radicals.
(c) In the peasants.
(d) In the monarchy.

5. Mrs. Lembke bestows her favors in spite of what?
(a) Her ignorance of all diplomatic matters.
(b) The degeneration of the youths' behavior.
(c) The jokes the local writers make at her expense.
(d) The insults she receives from the local elite.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the chief of police begin to arrest?

2. What does Kirilov say to Gaganov the morning before the duel?

3. How are the youth of the town behaving at the time of the fête?

4. How does Nicholas Stavrogin react to his demotion?

5. Who is Virginsky?

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