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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Peter allow into the fête?
(a) Radical agitators.
(b) Lower-class people.
(c) Writers and artists.
(d) Criminals and prostitutes.

2. Who is attacked after the murder of Shatov?
(a) Virginsky.
(b) Liputin.
(c) Erkel.
(d) Peter.

3. How long had Shatov's wife been gone before she returns?
(a) Three years.
(b) Three months.
(c) Three days.
(d) Three weeks.

4. Who kills Kirilov?
(a) He kills himself.
(b) Shatov.
(c) Liputin.
(d) Peter.

5. What does Lisa Tushin challenge Stavrogin to do?
(a) Divorce Mary Lebyatkin.
(b) Murder Mary and Captain Lebyatkin.
(c) Get Lebyatkin to stop writing her letters.
(d) Murder his mother.

6. Which revolutionary dissociates himself from murder as a strategy?
(a) Shatov.
(b) Shigalyov.
(c) Peter Verkhovensky.
(d) Virginsky.

7. What is Shigalyov's plan for the new social organization?
(a) Enslave 90% of humanity.
(b) Abolish industrialism and return to farming.
(c) Eliminate the aristocracy.
(d) Liberate the peasants.

8. Who had a hand in manipulating Lisa to be with Stavrogin?
(a) Shatov.
(b) Liputin.
(c) Virginsky.
(d) Peter.

9. What effect does the birth of Shatov's child have on him?
(a) It renews his commitment to revolutionary ideals.
(b) It fills him with forgiveness for his wife's infidelity.
(c) It renews his faith in God.
(d) It fills him with dread for the world's sufferings.

10. Who takes the stage after Stepan Verkhovensky?
(a) A mad professor.
(b) Stavrogin.
(c) Liputin.
(d) Julia Lembke.

11. What does Stavrogin believe in?
(a) The right of the aristocrats to rule.
(b) The governing potential of new industries.
(c) The value of ancient farming methods.
(d) The equality of slaves.

12. Who alone knows the purpose of the meeting at Virginsky's house?
(a) Liputin.
(b) Virginsky.
(c) Peter Verkhovensky.
(d) Mrs. Stavrogin.

13. How do the revolutionaries dispose of Shatov's body?
(a) They throw him the river.
(b) They tie rocks to his feet and throw his body in the pond.
(c) They cut up his body and burn him.
(d) They bury him in the woods.

14. What is Peter Verkhovensky concerned about when he rushes out of Virginsky's house?
(a) Getting his manuscript to the press in time for printing.
(b) A raid that is planned for his house.
(c) A letter that might expose the group.
(d) An arrest warrant that has been issued for him.

15. What cover do the fifteen people use for gathering at Virginsky's house?
(a) They are there to celebrate his birthday.
(b) They are there to help him through his illness.
(c) They are there to help him move.
(d) They are there to celerate the birth of his son.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of poem does Liputin read to the crowd?

2. Who is on the stage when Karminazov goes to speak?

3. Who does the chief of police begin to arrest?

4. What does Shatov have to do in order to leave the group of radicals peacefully?

5. What led to the release of the demons in Russia in the nineteenth century?

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