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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. Who has been in hiding for the week after the confrontations at Mrs. Stavrogin's?
(a) Captain Lebyatkin and his sister.
(b) Shatov and Nicholas Stavrogin.
(c) Mrs. Stavrogin.
(d) Liputin.

2. What is Peter planning throughout Part II of The Possessed?
(a) To leave for Moscow.
(b) An uprising.
(c) To kill Shatov and Liputin.
(d) Marry Mary Lebyatkin.

3. Where does Verkhovensky hear that the rumor he heard about Dasha is true?
(a) From Liputin and a friend of Peter's.
(b) From Lebyatkin.
(c) From Dasha and Mrs. Stavrogin.
(d) From Shatov.

4. What are Shatov's political views?
(a) He is a staunch conservative.
(b) He is not invested in politics.
(c) He is a radical agitator.
(d) He is extremely liberal.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Nicholas Stavrogin kill a man?

2. What does Stepan think about marriage?

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

4. What are Verkhovensky's political views?

5. Who is Kirilov?

(see the answer key)

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