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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. Whom does Mrs. Lembke befriend?
(a) Stepan Verkhovensky.
(b) Shatov.
(c) Liputin.
(d) Peter Verkhovensky.

2. What is Julia Lembke's hope for the children?
(a) She hopes they are rewarded for their devotion.
(b) She hopes they succeed in their anarchistic plans.
(c) She hopes they are punished for their violence.
(d) She hopes to rehabilitate them.

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

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

5. Who is Kirilov?
(a) A political agitator from Moscow.
(b) A friend of Peter Verkhovensky and Nicholas Stavrogin's.
(c) A friend of Shatov's and Mrs. Stavrogin's neighbor.
(d) A local official and former political prisoner.

Short Answer Questions

1. What plan does Mrs. Stavrogin make for Verhovensky?

2. What are Verkhovensky's political views?

3. What is Nicholas Stavrogin like as a military officer?

4. What is Captain Lebyatkin's reputation?

5. Whom does Mrs. Stavrogin invite into the conversation that starts Chapter 5?

(see the answer key)

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