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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 Mrs. Stavrogin ask her son when he arrives?
(a) Whether he is married to Mary Lebyatkin.
(b) Whether he has any new gambling debts.
(c) Whether he is leaving her all alone.
(d) Whether he has fought a duel.

2. What did Nicholas think of Mary Lebyatkin after he got to know her?
(a) He thought she was better than anyone he knew.
(b) He thought she was secretly malicious.
(c) He thought she was unredeemably lost.
(d) He thought she was a tease.

3. 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 when her son is coming back home.
(c) She wants to know whether her son's name has been sullied.
(d) She wants to know who she can borrow money from.

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

5. What does Nicholas ask his servant to help him do after Peter leaves?
(a) To convey his marriage proposal to Mary Lebyatkin.
(b) To leave the house without his mother knowing.
(c) To pay off some of his debts.
(d) To steal money from his mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Nicholas Stavrogin kill a man?

2. What is Mr. Lembke's professional background?

3. Who is Liputin?

4. What does Stepan think about marriage?

5. What does Stavrogin tell Peter he is planning to do?

(see the answer key)

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