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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what way do Virginsky and Shatov resemble one another?
(a) They are both liberals.
(b) They are both artists.
(c) They are both conseratives.
(d) They are both young.

2. What is Verkhovensky ashamed of?
(a) He is ashamed of Mrs. Stavrogin's control over his liberty.
(b) He is ashamed of being asked to marry Dasha to hide her past.
(c) He is ashamed of his students' mediocre performance at university.
(d) He is ashamed of Dasha's ignorance and lack of good sense.

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

4. Whom does Mrs. Lembke befriend?
(a) Stepan Verkhovensky.
(b) Shatov.
(c) Liputin.
(d) Peter Verkhovensky.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Nicholas Stavrogin answer his mother's question?

2. What does Stepan ask Liputin about at their meeting?

3. Who has been in hiding for the week after the confrontations at Mrs. Stavrogin's?

4. What does Peter ask his father in front of the group?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Kirilov's view of life, and how does Peter respond to it?

2. What stories are in circulation about Dasha's past?

3. How would you characterize the opposition between Stepan and Peter?

4. What is Peter planning with regard to Shatov?

5. How do people explain the gathering of workers from the Spigulin factory?

6. What story does Stepan, in his fever, think is representative of contemporary Russia?

7. What do Lisa Tushin and Kaptain Lebyatkin have in common?

8. What has Shatov's state of mind been like since the confrontation, during which he struck Stavrogin?

9. What is Verkhovensky's status in Russian society?

10. Why is Stepan's house searched?

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