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

2. What does Stepan Verkhovensky have to work up his courage to do?
(a) Flee to Germany.
(b) Publish his radical tract.
(c) Visit Lembke to find out why he is being searched.
(d) Ask Mrs. Stavrogin to marry him.

3. What are Shatov's political views?
(a) He is a radical agitator.
(b) He is not invested in politics.
(c) He is extremely liberal.
(d) He is a staunch conservative.

4. Why does Lisa approach Shatov?
(a) She wants him to join a business venture.
(b) She wants him to find her a husband.
(c) She wants him to write a letter to her son.
(d) She wants him to lend her money.

5. Where is The Possessed set?
(a) In the Russian provinces.
(b) In Moscow.
(c) In St. Petersburg.
(d) In Novgorod.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Peter plan to instigate his father?

3. What happened to the money that Nicholas gives to Captain Lebyatkin for Mary?

4. Why is The Possessed an inaccurate transposition of the story of the swine in Luke?

5. Who do the townspeople believe killed Mary and Captain Lebyatkin?

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