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

2. What did Nicholas think of Mary Lebyatkin after he got to know her?
(a) He thought she was secretly malicious.
(b) He thought she was better than anyone he knew.
(c) He thought she was unredeemably lost.
(d) He thought she was a tease.

3. Who is Virginsky?
(a) A professor at the university.
(b) A radical agitator.
(c) A student of Verkhovensky's.
(d) A local official.

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

5. What causes Mrs. Stavrogin to separate with Stepan Verkhovensky?
(a) Peter's insults.
(b) Stepan's radical views.
(c) Stepan's unconscionable behavior.
(d) Peter's antics about Dasha.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Stavrogin respond to Kirilov's belief?

3. Who else arrives in Chapter 5 and takes part in Mrs. Stavrogin's conversation?

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

5. Who will be speaking at Mrs. Lembke's fête?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Shatov respond to Lisa Tushin's proposal?

2. What does Peter tell us about why Nicholas Stavrogin treated Miss Lebyatkin the way he did?

3. What happens to Stepan at the inn?

4. What is Julia Lembke's relationship with the youth of her town?

5. What is Peter's relationship with Stavrogin?

6. What effect do Julia Lembke's political activities have on Mr. Lembke?

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

8. What does Mrs. Stavrogin suggest as a result of her sense that she is getting older?

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

10. What does Peter tell us about Nicholas Stavrogin's relationship with Miss Lebyatkin?

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