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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II, Chapter 3, The Duel and Chapter 4, All Agog.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Liputin answer Stepan when Stepan asks him questions at their meeting?
(a) He tells Verkhovensky that Mrs. Stavrogin asked him if he thought Nicholas was mad.
(b) He tells Verkhovensky that Mrs. Stavrogin had tried to arrange for Nicholas to marry Dasha.
(c) He tells Verkhovensky that Mrs. Stavrogin had just paid all her son's gambling debts.
(d) He tells Verkhovensky that Mrs. Stavrogin had just been diagnosed with a fatal illness.

2. What is Mr. Lembke's professional background?
(a) He was a soldier before entering the government.
(b) He was a lawyer before becoming a politician.
(c) He was a novelist before he became a lawyer.
(d) He wrote a novel that was rejected by a magazine.

3. How many shots does each duelist get to take?
(a) Six.
(b) Two.
(c) Three.
(d) One.

4. Whom does Mrs. Stavrogin invite into the conversation that starts Chapter 5?
(a) Nicholas and Dasha.
(b) Lisa Tushin.
(c) Verkhovensky.
(d) Dasha and the Drozdovs.

5. How has Shatov prepared to defend himself against Stavrogin?
(a) He prayed.
(b) He hired bodyguards.
(c) He hid himself.
(d) He bought a revolver.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kirilov say to Gaganov the morning before the duel?

2. What is Stepan's impression of the confrontation that took place at Mrs. Stavrogin's house?

3. What has Peter Verkhovensky been doing in the week since the confrontations at Mrs. Stavrogin's house?

4. What does Nicholas ask his servant to help him do after Peter leaves?

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

(see the answer key)

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