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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 Mrs. Stavrogin's feeling about the fête?
(a) She is helping Mrs. Lembke.
(b) She is co-sponsoring the fête.
(c) She is appalled that people would come for Mrs. Lembke.
(d) She envies Mrs. Lembke.

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

3. How many people are in Peter Verkhovensky's secret group of radicals?
(a) Five.
(b) Ten.
(c) Fifteen.
(d) Twenty-five.

4. Who kills Shatov?
(a) Stavrogin.
(b) Peter.
(c) Virginsky.
(d) Liputin.

5. What condition does Mrs. Lembke impose on people who want to come to her party?
(a) Guests must pledge loyalty to the Czar.
(b) Guests must read a radical essay by Peter Verkhovensky.
(c) Guests must volunteer to subvert the rich.
(d) Guests must purchase a subscription to her new literary magazine.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is The Possessed an inaccurate transposition of the story of the swine in Luke?

2. What venture does Lisa approach Shatov for help with?

3. What does Stavrogin tell Peter he is planning to do?

4. What causes Mrs. Stavrogin to separate with Stepan Verkhovensky?

5. Whom does Nicholas visit in Part II, Chapter 2?

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