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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I, Chapter 5, The Wise Serpent.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is on his way to visit at the end of the second chapter?
(a) Verkhovensky's father.
(b) Verkhovensky's son.
(c) Shatov's father.
(d) Stavrogin's father.

2. Why does Nicholas treat Miss Lebyatkin so well?
(a) Captain Lebyatkin says it was because Nicholas is sentimental and stupid.
(b) Nicholas says it was because he was in love.
(c) Peter says it was because of the 'demon of irony' in him.
(d) Mrs. Stavrogin says it was because her son was rebellious.

3. What does Liputin answer Stepan when Stepan asks him questions at their meeting?
(a) He tells Verkhovensky that Mrs. Stavrogin had just paid all her son's gambling debts.
(b) He tells Verkhovensky that Mrs. Stavrogin asked him if he thought Nicholas was mad.
(c) He tells Verkhovensky that Mrs. Stavrogin had tried to arrange for Nicholas to marry Dasha.
(d) He tells Verkhovensky that Mrs. Stavrogin had just been diagnosed with a fatal illness.

4. How does Nicholas Stavrogin answer his mother's question?
(a) He does not answer.
(b) He answers yes.
(c) He answers her with a question about her own plans.
(d) He says no.

5. With whom does Nicholas Stavrogin leave from his conversation with his mother?
(a) Peter Verkhovensky.
(b) Lisa Tushin.
(c) Captain Lebyatkin.
(d) Miss Lebyatkin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Verkhovensky's status in Moscow and St. Petersburg society?

2. What does Mrs. Stavrogin want to find out at the beginning of Chapter 5?

3. What was Captain Lebyatkin's relationship with Nicholas Stavrogin in Moscow?

4. Who does Lebyatkin live with?

5. What is Stepan Verkhovensky agitated about at the beginning of Chapter 3?

(see the answer key)

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