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

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

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

4. What does Peter ask his father in front of the group?
(a) Whether Dasha was really seduced in Switzerland.
(b) Whether his father taught Nicholas Stavrogin how to treat women
(c) Whether he really intends to get Mrs. Stavrogin's money.
(d) Whether he wants him to save his father from Dasha.

5. What does Mrs. Stavrogin want to find out at the beginning of Chapter 5?
(a) She wants to know what Shatov knows about Lebyatkin.
(b) She wants to know who she can borrow money from.
(c) She wants to know whether her son's name has been sullied.
(d) She wants to know when her son is coming back home.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mrs. Stavrogin ask her son when he arrives?

2. What does Liputin answer Stepan when Stepan asks him questions at their meeting?

3. What was Nicholas' first impression of Mary Lebyatkin?

4. Who is Lisa Tushin?

5. What was Captain Lebyatkin's relationship with Nicholas Stavrogin in Moscow?

(see the answer key)

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