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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Julia Lembke's hope for the children?
(a) She hopes they are punished for their violence.
(b) She hopes they are rewarded for their devotion.
(c) She hopes to rehabilitate them.
(d) She hopes they succeed in their anarchistic plans.

2. What are the terms under which Stepan departs Mrs. Stavrogin's house?
(a) He can return any time he likes.
(b) She will not give him anything.
(c) She will give him a little money.
(d) She will still pay him an allowance.

3. Whose influence has Mr. Lembke come under?
(a) His son's.
(b) Mrs. Stavrogin's.
(c) His wife's.
(d) Peter Verkhovensky's.

4. What does Stavrogin do when it is his turn to shoot?
(a) Shoots Gaganov in the eye.
(b) Aims for Gaganov's heart but misses.
(c) Shoots in the air.
(d) Hits Gaganov's finger.

5. Who does Lebyatkin live with?
(a) Virginsky.
(b) His sister, Shatov and Kirlov.
(c) Peter Verkhovensky.
(d) Mrs. Stavrogin.

6. Where does Verkhovensky hear that the rumor he heard about Dasha is true?
(a) From Shatov.
(b) From Liputin and a friend of Peter's.
(c) From Dasha and Mrs. Stavrogin.
(d) From Lebyatkin.

7. What does Stavrogin tell Peter he is planning to do?
(a) Start an uprising.
(b) Leave for Paris.
(c) Divorce Mary Lebyatkin.
(d) Propose to Lisa Tushin.

8. What is Nicholas' relationship with Dasha, according to Liputin?
(a) Nicholas owed her brother money.
(b) Nicholas had fought a duel over her.
(c) Nicholas had redeemed her from prison.
(d) Nicholas seduced her in Moscow.

9. How are the youth of the town behaving at the time of the fête?
(a) They are dutifully enlisting for the military.
(b) They are running wild.
(c) They are collecting money for the poor.
(d) They are wildly enthusiastic about the upcoming elections.

10. What is Mrs. Stavrogin's feeling about the fête?
(a) She is helping Mrs. Lembke.
(b) She is appalled that people would come for Mrs. Lembke.
(c) She is co-sponsoring the fête.
(d) She envies Mrs. Lembke.

11. Who arrives when Peter has just finished relating the story of Nicholas' devotion to Miss Lebyatkin?
(a) Mrs. Stavrogin.
(b) Shatov.
(c) Mary Lebyatkin.
(d) Nicholas.

12. What imputation does Liputin make about Nicholas Stavrogin in his conversation with Kerkhovensky?
(a) That Nicholas is a radical agitator.
(b) That Nicholas is mad.
(c) That Nicholas is disreputable.
(d) That Nicholas is dying.

13. How does Nicholas Stavrogin kill a man?
(a) He poisoned the man who had killed his father.
(b) In a duel.
(c) Accidentally, when his horse trampled the man.
(d) In self defense, when he was being robbed.

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

15. What is Stepan Verkhovensky's relationship with Mrs. Stavrogin?
(a) He lives with her.
(b) They are lovers.
(c) They are enemies.
(d) They are married.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who acts as Gaganov's second in the duel?

2. With whom does Nicholas Stavrogin leave from his conversation with his mother?

3. Who is Liputin?

4. How many previous marriages has Stepan Verkhovensky had?

5. Which topic is on the schedule of events for the fête?

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