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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I, Chapter 5, The Wise Serpent.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was Captain Lebyatkin's relationship with Nicholas Stavrogin in Moscow?
(a) Nicholas owed Lebyatkin money from gambling.
(b) Leybatkin introduced Nicholas to Dasha.
(c) It is not clear what their relationship was.
(d) They were in the military together.

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

4. What is Stepan Verkhovensky's relationship with Mrs. Stavrogin?
(a) He lives with her.
(b) They are enemies.
(c) They are married.
(d) They are lovers.

5. What is Stepan Verkhovensky's employment?
(a) He is an elected official.
(b) He is a local bureaucrat.
(c) He tutors Mrs. Stavrogin's son.
(d) He is a social researcher.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Mrs. Stavrogin want to find out at the beginning of Chapter 5?

3. Why did Nicholas initially take an interest in Captain Lebyatkin?

4. Where were Captain Lebyatin and his sister living when Nicholas met them?

5. How does Nicholas Stavrogin kill a man?

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