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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I, Chapter 3, Another Man's Sins and Chapter 4, The Cripple.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is Nicholas Stavrogin's tutor?
(a) Liputin.
(b) Virginsky.
(c) Verkhovensky.
(d) Shatov.

3. What is Nicholas Stavrogin like as a military officer?
(a) He is a bully.
(b) He is a respected leader.
(c) He is a brave soldier.
(d) He is a deserter.

4. What is Captain Lebyatkin's reputation?
(a) He is said to be honest and upstanding.
(b) He is said to gamble and corrupt young women.
(c) He is said to drink and beat his sister.
(d) He is said to have killed a man.

5. Who is on his way to visit at the end of the second chapter?
(a) Shatov's father.
(b) Verkhovensky's son.
(c) Verkhovensky's father.
(d) Stavrogin's father.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Stepan Verkhovensky's employment?

2. What are Verkhovensky's political views?

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

4. Why does Lisa approach Shatov?

5. Where does Verkhovensky hear that the rumor he heard about Dasha is true?

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