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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III, Chapter 3, The End of a Love Affair and Chapter 4, The Last Decision.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What do the police take from Peter Verkhovensky's house?
(a) Papers and books.
(b) Radical anarchists.
(c) Guns.
(d) Money.

4. What kind of speech does Stepan Verkhovensky give?
(a) A justification of revolutionary acts.
(b) A defense of high culture.
(c) A jeremiad against the people themselves.
(d) An attack on materialism.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who chases after Lisa when she leaves Stavrogin's house?

2. What is Gaganov's response to Kirilov?

3. How are Mrs. Stavrogin's views changing as time goes on?

4. Where does Stepan Verkhovensky set off for after the fête?

5. What condition does Mrs. Lembke impose on people who want to come to her party?

(see the answer key)

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