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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 the Russian provinces.
(d) In Moscow.

2. What plan does Mrs. Stavrogin make for Verhovensky?
(a) She asks him to marry Dasha.
(b) She sends her Verkhovensky to get her son from prison.
(c) She asks him to bring her son home.
(d) She asks him to tutor her son.

3. What does Stepan ask Liputin about at their meeting?
(a) Peter Verkhovensky's studies.
(b) Dasha's former engagements.
(c) Nicholas Stavrogin's political opinions.
(d) Liputin's encounters with Mrs. Stavrogin.

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

5. Who is Shatov?
(a) A local official.
(b) A local doctor.
(c) A former student of Verkhovensky's.
(d) A banker from Moscow.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Captain Lebyatkin's reputation?

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

3. What does Stepan think about marriage?

4. How does Nicholas Stavrogin kill a man?

5. What is Verkhovensky ashamed of?

(see the answer key)

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