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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III, Chapter 7, Stepan Verkhovensky's Last Pilgrimage and Chapter 8, Conclusion.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For whom are the swine a metaphor in the story of Luke?
(a) Captain and Mary Lebyatkin.
(b) Stavrogin and voluptuaries like him.
(c) Peter and his revolutionaries.
(d) Mrs. Lembke and her young radicals.

2. What does Stavrogin want Fedka to do?
(a) Return to prison.
(b) Start a riot.
(c) Kill Mary and Captain Lebyatkin.
(d) Kill Shatov.

3. When does Part II, Chapter 3 begin?
(a) The day of the uprising.
(b) The day after the duel between Stavrogin and Gaganov.
(c) The day of the duel between Stavrogin and Gaganov.
(d) A week after the confrontation at Mrs. Stavrogin's house.

4. 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 petitioning for the governor to intervene in a payment dispute.
(c) They are demanding the release of political prisoners.
(d) They are enjoying their day off.

5. Who alone knows the purpose of the meeting at Virginsky's house?
(a) Liputin.
(b) Virginsky.
(c) Peter Verkhovensky.
(d) Mrs. Stavrogin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do we find out about Dasha after the duel?

2. Where is The Possessed set?

3. What weapons do Stavrogin and Gaganov use for the duel?

4. Who is attacked after the murder of Shatov?

5. What led to the release of the demons in Russia in the nineteenth century?

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