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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II, Chapter 5, Before the Fête and Chapter 6, Peter Verkhovensky is Busy.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What would normally happen to youth who behave as these youth are behaving?
(a) They would be rewarded with status in the church.
(b) They would be sent to Siberia.
(c) They would be sacrificed for the country in war.
(d) They would work for the candidate who won.

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

3. What has Peter Verkhovensky been doing in the week since the confrontations at Mrs. Stavrogin's house?
(a) Plotting to kill Stavrogin.
(b) Spreading rumors about what took place there.
(c) Defending Nicholas Stavrogin's reputation.
(d) Defending Miss Lebyatkin's reputation.

4. What happens on Stavrogin's third shot?
(a) Stavrogin kills Gaganov.
(b) Stavrogin hits Gaganov's second by mistake.
(c) Stavrogin shoots into the ground at his feet.
(d) Stavrogin shoots closer to Gaganov, but still shoots in the air.

5. What is Stepan's impression of the confrontation that took place at Mrs. Stavrogin's house?
(a) That Peter had planned it all along.
(b) That Peter was out to assassinate people's characters.
(c) That Stavrogin needed to be taken down.
(d) That Mrs. Stavrogin had let her son have too much rein.

Short Answer Questions

1. In whose house is Peter spreading rumors in the days before the fête?

2. What last-minute effort does Stavrogin make to avert the duel?

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

4. What are Mrs. Lembke's social aspirations?

5. What does Peter ask his father in front of the group?

(see the answer key)

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