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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. Why is Nicholas Stavrogin demoted?
(a) Because of his gambling debts.
(b) Because he stole from another officer.
(c) Because he fought a duel.
(d) Because of insubordination.

2. What does Lebyatkin ask Lisa in a letter?
(a) He asks her to send the money she owes him.
(b) He asks her to work for him in his house.
(c) He asks her to marry him.
(d) He asks her for money.

3. Who is Virginsky?
(a) A local official.
(b) A radical agitator.
(c) A student of Verkhovensky's.
(d) A professor at the university.

4. What imputation does Liputin make about Nicholas Stavrogin in his conversation with Kerkhovensky?
(a) That Nicholas is dying.
(b) That Nicholas is a radical agitator.
(c) That Nicholas is mad.
(d) That Nicholas is disreputable.

5. Why does Lisa approach Shatov?
(a) She wants him to join a business venture.
(b) She wants him to find her a husband.
(c) She wants him to lend her money.
(d) She wants him to write a letter to her son.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Lisa Tushin?

2. Who is Kirilov?

3. What does Stepan think about marriage?

4. Who does Lebyatkin live with?

5. What is Stepan Verkhovensky agitated about at the beginning of Chapter 3?

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