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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III, Chapter 3, The End of a Love Affair and Chapter 4, The Last Decision.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Nicholas Stavrogin's tutor?
(a) Shatov.
(b) Verkhovensky.
(c) Liputin.
(d) Virginsky.

2. Who do the townspeople believe killed Mary and Captain Lebyatkin?
(a) Stavrogin.
(b) Shatov.
(c) Fedka.
(d) Liputin.

3. What is Verkhovensky ashamed of?
(a) He is ashamed of Mrs. Stavrogin's control over his liberty.
(b) He is ashamed of his students' mediocre performance at university.
(c) He is ashamed of Dasha's ignorance and lack of good sense.
(d) He is ashamed of being asked to marry Dasha to hide her past.

4. What does Stepan ask Liputin about at their meeting?
(a) Liputin's encounters with Mrs. Stavrogin.
(b) Nicholas Stavrogin's political opinions.
(c) Dasha's former engagements.
(d) Peter Verkhovensky's studies.

5. What outrageous act does a local lieutenant commit?
(a) He bites his general's ear.
(b) He refuses to go to the Crimea with his regiment.
(c) He seduces a general's wife.
(d) He kills himself and his fellow officers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Shatov?

2. What is Shigalyov's plan for the new social organization?

3. How does Chapter 5 begin?

4. How many previous marriages has Stepan Verkhovensky had?

5. What is Stepan Verkhovensky agitated about at the beginning of Chapter 3?

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