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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. How many paces separate the two duelists?
(a) 30.
(b) 24.
(c) 20
(d) 12.

2. What is Peter predicting in the time after the confrontation at Mrs. Stavrogin's house?
(a) That Nicholas will be killed.
(b) That Nicholas will kill Shatov.
(c) That he will bomb a prominent government location.
(d) That he will incite riots and protests.

3. What reason does the narrator have for visiting Lembke?
(a) He wants to know why he is being searched.
(b) He wants to prevent Stepan Verkhovensky from doing anything silly.
(c) He wants to arrange to get out of the country.
(d) He wants to testify against Peter Verkhovensky.

4. What kind of speech does Stepan Verkhovensky give?
(a) A defense of high culture.
(b) A justification of revolutionary acts.
(c) An attack on materialism.
(d) A jeremiad against the people themselves.

5. Mrs. Lembke bestows her favors in spite of what?
(a) The insults she receives from the local elite.
(b) The jokes the local writers make at her expense.
(c) Her ignorance of all diplomatic matters.
(d) The degeneration of the youths' behavior.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Julia Lembke's hope for the children?

3. What does Nicholas ask his servant to help him do after Peter leaves?

4. What does Stepan ask Liputin about at their meeting?

5. What crime is Fedka implicated in?

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