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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II, Chapter 7, At Virginsky's and Chapter 8, Ivan the Crown-Prince.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What accusation does Mrs. Stavrogin make of Stepan Verkhovensky?
(a) She accuses him of conspiring against the government.
(b) She accuses him of having seduced Dasha.
(c) She accuses him of stealing from her.
(d) She accuses him of being a dilettante and a fraud.

2. What cover do the fifteen people use for gathering at Virginsky's house?
(a) They are there to help him move.
(b) They are there to celerate the birth of his son.
(c) They are there to celebrate his birthday.
(d) They are there to help him through his illness.

3. Whom does Nicholas visit in Part II, Chapter 2?
(a) His mother.
(b) The local constabulary.
(c) Captain and Miss Lebyatkin.
(d) Shatov and Kirilov.

4. Who is Kirilov?
(a) A friend of Peter Verkhovensky and Nicholas Stavrogin's.
(b) A friend of Shatov's and Mrs. Stavrogin's neighbor.
(c) A local official and former political prisoner.
(d) A political agitator from Moscow.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How has Shatov prepared to defend himself against Stavrogin?

2. What warning does Stavrogin give to Shatov at the end of their conversation?

3. How are the youth of the town behaving at the time of the fête?

4. What is Stepan and Peter Verkhovensky's relationship like?

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

(see the answer key)

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