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 takes the stage after Stepan Verkhovensky?
(a) Liputin.
(b) A mad professor.
(c) Stavrogin.
(d) Julia Lembke.

2. Why was it a mistake to charge a high price for the fête?
(a) Expensive tickets excluded the writers.
(b) No one could afford to come.
(c) The people expected to be entertained.
(d) The people who came wanted food.

3. Why are workers from the Spigulin factory massing in the street?
(a) They are organizing themselves for the new, post-revolutionary society.
(b) They are enjoying their day off.
(c) They are petitioning for the governor to intervene in a payment dispute.
(d) They are demanding the release of political prisoners.

4. Who is Shatov?
(a) A local official.
(b) A banker from Moscow.
(c) A former student of Verkhovensky's.
(d) A local doctor.

5. What does Peter ask his father in front of the group?
(a) Whether he wants him to save his father from Dasha.
(b) Whether Dasha was really seduced in Switzerland.
(c) Whether his father taught Nicholas Stavrogin how to treat women
(d) Whether he really intends to get Mrs. Stavrogin's money.