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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Stavrogin respond to Kirilov's belief?
(a) He debates Kirilov at length, because he things his belief is missing key points.
(b) He condescends to Kirilov, and treats him like a child.
(c) He is convinced and converted to Kirilov's views.
(d) He is ironic and disbelieving.

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

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

4. 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.

5. Who throws Stepan Verkhovensky out of the conversation?
(a) Nicholas Stavrogin.
(b) Peter Verkhovensky.
(c) Mrs. Stavrogin.
(d) Shatov.

6. When does Part II, Chapter 3 begin?
(a) The day of the duel between Stavrogin and Gaganov.
(b) The day of the uprising.
(c) The day after the duel between Stavrogin and Gaganov.
(d) A week after the confrontation at Mrs. Stavrogin's house.

7. How does Mrs. Lembke participate in Peter's plans?
(a) She helps him deliberately, out of resentment of the rich.
(b) She gives him money, out of a sentimental desire to help the poor.
(c) She allows them to proceed unwittingly, through her lack of sense.
(d) She is swindled by Peter out of naivete.

8. What is Mr. Lembke's professional background?
(a) He was a soldier before entering the government.
(b) He was a novelist before he became a lawyer.
(c) He was a lawyer before becoming a politician.
(d) He wrote a novel that was rejected by a magazine.

9. What happened to the money that Nicholas gives to Captain Lebyatkin for Mary?
(a) The Captain got Mary the medication she needed.
(b) The Captain spent it on drink.
(c) The Captain got a house for himself and his sister.
(d) The Captain left Mary alone and went to Moscow.

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

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

12. What are Mrs. Lembke's social aspirations?
(a) She wants to be accepted in the highest rank of society.
(b) She wants to be accepted into Mrs. Stavrogin's society.
(c) She wants to pass for an ordinary Russian.
(d) She wants to know Captain and Mary Lebyatkin.

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

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

15. How does Chapter 5 begin?
(a) With a declaration of love between Mrs. Stavrogin and Lebyatkin.
(b) With a confrontation between Mrs. Stavrogin, Nicholas Stavrogin and Captain Lebyatkin.
(c) With a confrontation between Mrs. Stavrogin, Lisa, Miss Lebyatkin and Verkhovensky, Shatov, and the narrator.
(d) With a confrontation between Mrs. Stavrogin, Virginsky and Dasha.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why did Nicholas initially take an interest in Captain Lebyatkin?

3. Who punches Nicholas Stavrogin in the face?

4. What causes Mrs. Stavrogin to separate with Stepan Verkhovensky?

5. Mrs. Lembke bestows her favors in spite of what?

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