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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which topic is on the schedule of events for the fête?
(a) The Sistine Madonna.
(b) Renaissance cathedrals.
(c) Spirituality in modern life.
(d) Modern agricultural techniques.

2. 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.

3. What is Mr. Lembke's professional background?
(a) He was a lawyer before becoming a politician.
(b) He was a soldier before entering the government.
(c) He was a novelist before he became a lawyer.
(d) He wrote a novel that was rejected by a magazine.

4. Where is The Possessed set?
(a) In St. Petersburg.
(b) In Novgorod.
(c) In the Russian provinces.
(d) In Moscow.

5. What rumors is Peter spreading in the days before the fête?
(a) That Verkhovensky is a murderer.
(b) That Mrs. Lembke is an anarchist.
(c) That Stavrogin is a government spy.
(d) That Mr. Lembke is having an affair.

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

7. What is Gaganov's response to Kirilov?
(a) He refuses to accept the apology.
(b) He refuses the offer of money.
(c) He calls off the duel.
(d) He insults Kirilov and offered to duel with him as well.

8. What event results in an investigation that discovers radical literature?
(a) The publication of a radical poem.
(b) An attack on a general's wife.
(c) A flood in a mine.
(d) A cholera outbreak at a factory.

9. How does Nicholas Stavrogin react to his demotion?
(a) He works his way back to his rank.
(b) He keeps fighting duels.
(c) His gambling gets even worse.
(d) He quits the army.

10. What are Verkhovensky's political views?
(a) He is afraid of the government, but likes to be seen as liberal.
(b) He does not let politics interfere with his art.
(c) He is an informant working with the government to clamp down on dissenters.
(d) He is rebellious and frequently in trouble with the law.

11. What does Stepan ask Liputin about at their meeting?
(a) Liputin's encounters with Mrs. Stavrogin.
(b) Nicholas Stavrogin's political opinions.
(c) Dasha's former engagements.
(d) Peter Verkhovensky's studies.

12. Why has Gaganov been insulting Stavrogin?
(a) Stavrogin has corrupted Gaganov's sister.
(b) Gaganov has a temperamental hostility to Stavrogin.
(c) Stavrogin has seduced Gaganov's wife.
(d) Stavrogin has insulted Gaganov's father years ago.

13. What is Peter planning throughout Part II of The Possessed?
(a) Marry Mary Lebyatkin.
(b) An uprising.
(c) To leave for Moscow.
(d) To kill Shatov and Liputin.

14. What belief does Kirilov profess to Stavrogin?
(a) He believes that a man-god will preach happiness.
(b) He believes that man can only be known by his actions, not by his spirit.
(c) He believes that man is eternally confounded by a split in his nature.
(d) He believes that the students protestors are going to overthrow the government.

15. How many previous marriages has Stepan Verkhovensky had?
(a) Three.
(b) One.
(c) Zero.
(d) Two.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Stavrogin do when it is his turn to shoot?

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

3. Why does Stavrogin plan to duel Gaganov?

4. What plan does Mrs. Stavrogin make for Verhovensky?

5. How does Peter plan to instigate his father?

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