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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How has public opinion shifted on the eve of the fête?
(a) It is now against Mrs. Lembke.
(b) The people are now in favor of change.
(c) The agitators have succeeded in turning the crowds against the government.
(d) The workers are anxious to disrupt the fête.

2. What happens to Stavrogin as the novel concludes?
(a) He returns to his mother's home.
(b) He returns to the military and moves away.
(c) He is imprisoned for Mary's murder.
(d) He commits suicide.

3. Whom does Stavrogin defend from Peter?
(a) Shatov.
(b) Virginsky.
(c) Captain Leybatkin.
(d) Fedka.

4. How many people are in Peter Verkhovensky's secret group of radicals?
(a) Ten.
(b) Five.
(c) Fifteen.
(d) Twenty-five.

5. What does Stepan Verkhovensky find in his wanderings?
(a) Alcoholism and despair.
(b) Honest peasants.
(c) God.
(d) A good woman's love.

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

7. What does Stavrogin want Fedka to do?
(a) Return to prison.
(b) Kill Shatov.
(c) Start a riot.
(d) Kill Mary and Captain Lebyatkin.

8. Why do the townspeople think the Lebyatkins were killed?
(a) To avenge their persecution of the aristocrats.
(b) To limit the radicals' liabilities.
(c) To punish them for blackmailing the radical group.
(d) To free Stavrogin to have his affair with Lisa Tushin.

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

10. Who shows up to talk with Shatov after Shatov's wife returns?
(a) Peter.
(b) Virginsky.
(c) Erkel.
(d) Fedka.

11. What does Shatov have to do in order to leave the group of radicals peacefully?
(a) Leave town and leave his property to the radicals.
(b) Reveal the hiding place of the printing press.
(c) Renounce his association with them publicly.
(d) Swear loyalty to the radicals' ideals.

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

13. What had some poor people done to prepare for the fête?
(a) Broken into the banquet hall.
(b) Moved away to make room for Lembke's guests.
(c) Pawned their belongings to buy gowns.
(d) Stolen money from Lembke.

14. Where do Lisa and the man she meets rush off to after they meet?
(a) They go to see the people who were murdered.
(b) They go to Shatov's.
(c) They go to Lembke's.
(d) They go to Mrs. Stavrogin's.

15. What does Virginsky say to the radicals after Shatov's wife gives birth?
(a) He tells them that Shatov will never inform on them now.
(b) He tells them that Shatov has renounced all his association with radical ideals.
(c) He tells them that Shatov is more committed to revolution now than ever before.
(d) He tells them that they should put down their plans and celebrate with Shatov and his wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Stavrogin catches up with Peter, what does Peter suggest to him?

2. Who carries out the raid on Peter's house?

3. Where does Stepan Verkhovensky set off for after the fête?

4. Why does Lisa want to leave Stavrogin at the beginning of the Part 3, Chapter 3?

5. What is the narrator's response to Stepan Verkhovensky's reaction to the search of Peter's house?

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