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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II, Chapter 1, Night and Chapter 2, Night Continued.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who arrives when Peter has just finished relating the story of Nicholas' devotion to Miss Lebyatkin?
(a) Shatov.
(b) Nicholas.
(c) Mrs. Stavrogin.
(d) Mary Lebyatkin.

2. Where does Verkhovensky hear that the rumor he heard about Dasha is true?
(a) From Dasha and Mrs. Stavrogin.
(b) From Lebyatkin.
(c) From Liputin and a friend of Peter's.
(d) From Shatov.

3. 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 a tease.
(c) He thought she was unredeemably lost.
(d) He thought she was better than anyone he knew.

4. What is Stepan Verkhovensky agitated about at the beginning of Chapter 3?
(a) His wife's pregnancy.
(b) Marriage to Dasha.
(c) His son's debts.
(d) His father's return.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Stavrogin tell Peter he is planning to do?

2. What consequence does Stavrogin suffer after he is punched in the face?

3. With whom does Nicholas Stavrogin leave from his conversation with his mother?

4. What is Captain Lebyatkin's reputation?

5. What is Stepan Verkhovensky's relationship with Mrs. Stavrogin?

(see the answer key)

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