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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III, Chapter 1, The Fête, Part One and Chapter 2, The End of The Fête.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In whose house is Peter spreading rumors in the days before the fête?
(a) Shatov's.
(b) Lembke's.
(c) Mrs. Stavrogin's.
(d) Captain Lebyatkin's.

3. How are Mrs. Stavrogin's views changing as time goes on?
(a) She is becoming more prophetic and visionary.
(b) She is becoming more fearful and reactionary.
(c) She is becoming more reserved and conservative.
(d) She is becoming more utilitarian and modern.

4. What happened to the money that Nicholas gives to Captain Lebyatkin for Mary?
(a) The Captain got Mary the medication she needed.
(b) The Captain spent it on drink.
(c) The Captain got a house for himself and his sister.
(d) The Captain left Mary alone and went to Moscow.

5. How does Chapter 5 begin?
(a) With a confrontation between Mrs. Stavrogin, Virginsky and Dasha.
(b) With a confrontation between Mrs. Stavrogin, Nicholas Stavrogin and Captain Lebyatkin.
(c) With a confrontation between Mrs. Stavrogin, Lisa, Miss Lebyatkin and Verkhovensky, Shatov, and the narrator.
(d) With a declaration of love between Mrs. Stavrogin and Lebyatkin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the chief of police begin to arrest?

2. Which topic is on the schedule of events for the fête?

3. Who is on the stage when Karminazov goes to speak?

4. What does Mrs. Stavrogin ask her son when he arrives?

5. What is Mrs. Stavrogin's feeling about the fête?

(see the answer key)

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