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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. Who does Peter leave Virginsky's house to meet?
(a) Lisa Tushin.
(b) Captain Lebyatkin.
(c) His father.
(d) Kirilov and Stavrogin.

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

3. Who does the chief of police begin to arrest?
(a) The people who set fire to the hall.
(b) The people who disseminate radical literature.
(c) The people who bring alcohol into the fête.
(d) The people who complain about the lack of food.

4. What do we learn from Stavrogin's confrontation with Shatov?
(a) That Stavrogin is married to Mary Lebyatkin.
(b) That Mary Lebyatkin is Stavrogin's sister.
(c) That Shatov is married to Lary Lebyatkin.
(d) That Mary Lebyatkin is Stavrogin's half-sister.

5. What is Verkhovensky's status in Moscow and St. Petersburg society?
(a) He is not respected.
(b) He is highly respected.
(c) He is regaining his reputation after a scandal.
(d) He is ambitious, but not yet recognized.

Short Answer Questions

1. What event results in an investigation that discovers radical literature?

2. How do the revolutionaries dispose of Shatov's body?

3. What effect does the birth of Shatov's child have on him?

4. In what way do Virginsky and Shatov resemble one another?

5. Russia's salvation seems to reside where, in Dostoevsky's opinion?

(see the answer key)

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