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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mrs. Stavrogin ask her son when he arrives?
(a) Whether he has fought a duel.
(b) Whether he has any new gambling debts.
(c) Whether he is married to Mary Lebyatkin.
(d) Whether he is leaving her all alone.

2. How many previous marriages has Stepan Verkhovensky had?
(a) One.
(b) Three.
(c) Zero.
(d) Two.

3. Who is Nicholas Stavrogin's tutor?
(a) Shatov.
(b) Virginsky.
(c) Verkhovensky.
(d) Liputin.

4. What weapons do Stavrogin and Gaganov use for the duel?
(a) Sabres.
(b) Swords.
(c) Pistols.
(d) Rifles.

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

6. Who has been in hiding for the week after the confrontations at Mrs. Stavrogin's?
(a) Shatov and Nicholas Stavrogin.
(b) Liputin.
(c) Mrs. Stavrogin.
(d) Captain Lebyatkin and his sister.

7. What accusation does Mrs. Stavrogin make of Stepan Verkhovensky?
(a) She accuses him of being a dilettante and a fraud.
(b) She accuses him of conspiring against the government.
(c) She accuses him of stealing from her.
(d) She accuses him of having seduced Dasha.

8. Who is Virginsky?
(a) A professor at the university.
(b) A radical agitator.
(c) A local official.
(d) A student of Verkhovensky's.

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

10. In whose house is Peter spreading rumors in the days before the fête?
(a) Captain Lebyatkin's.
(b) Shatov's.
(c) Mrs. Stavrogin's.
(d) Lembke's.

11. What is Stepan and Peter Verkhovensky's relationship like?
(a) They have become mortal enemies.
(b) They have been closer ever since Stepah fled to the provinces.
(c) They have been in touch as Peter traveled.
(d) They have been estranged.

12. What did Nicholas think of Mary Lebyatkin after he got to know her?
(a) He thought she was better than anyone he knew.
(b) He thought she was unredeemably lost.
(c) He thought she was a tease.
(d) He thought she was secretly malicious.

13. Whom does Mrs. Stavrogin invite into the conversation that starts Chapter 5?
(a) Dasha and the Drozdovs.
(b) Verkhovensky.
(c) Nicholas and Dasha.
(d) Lisa Tushin.

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

15. What does Kirilov say to Gaganov the morning before the duel?
(a) He offers Gaganov money to call off the duel.
(b) He threatens to alert the authorities about the duel.
(c) He repeats Stavrogin's apology.
(d) He insults Gaganov.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many shots does each duelist get to take?

2. What does Mrs. Stavrogin want to find out at the beginning of Chapter 5?

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

4. What last-minute effort does Stavrogin make to avert the duel?

5. Who is on his way to visit at the end of the second chapter?

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