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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II, Chapter 9, Stepan Verkhovensky is Raided and Chapter 10, Filibusters, A Fateful Morning.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Stepan Verkhovensky react to the search of Peter's house?
(a) He runs away.
(b) He helps the police.
(c) He hides in a closet.
(d) He resists the search with force.

2. Who is Liputin?
(a) Mrs. Stavrogin's son's friend.
(b) A student of Verkhovensky's.
(c) A liberal official.
(d) A local banker.

3. Who else arrives in Chapter 5 and takes part in Mrs. Stavrogin's conversation?
(a) Peter Verkhovensky and Captain Lebyatkin.
(b) Shatov and Liputin.
(c) Mary Lebyatkin and Mrs. Drozdov.
(d) Stepan Verkhovensky and Lisa Tushin.

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

5. Who acts as Gaganov's second in the duel?
(a) Mr. Drozdov.
(b) Shatov.
(c) Liputin.
(d) Mr. Lemke.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Nicholas Stavrogin's tutor?

2. What crime is Fedka implicated in?

3. What rumors is Peter spreading in the days before the fête?

4. What have Liputin and Fedka been doing at the Spigulin factory?

5. How does Nicholas Stavrogin kill a man?

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