2. Why is Peter intent on killing Shatov?
(a) Out of envy for Stepan's regard for Shatov.
(b) Because Shatov knows too much about his plans.
(c) Out of love for Shatov's wife.
(d) From an insult years ago.

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

4. Who do the townspeople believe killed Mary and Captain Lebyatkin?
(a) Shatov.
(b) Stavrogin.
(c) Fedka.
(d) Liputin.

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

6. Who does Peter leave Virginsky's house to meet?
(a) His father.
(b) Lisa Tushin.
(c) Captain Lebyatkin.
(d) Kirilov and Stavrogin.

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

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

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

10. What kind of speech does Stepan Verkhovensky give?
(a) A jeremiad against the people themselves.
(b) A justification of revolutionary acts.
(c) A defense of high culture.
(d) An attack on materialism.

11. Where does Stepan Verkhovensky set off for after the fête?
(a) He is taking a coach back to Mrs. Stavrogin's.
(b) He is walking across Russia.
(c) He is taking the train to Moscow.
(d) He is taking the train to St. Petersburg.

12. For whom are the swine a metaphor in the story of Luke?
(a) Stavrogin and voluptuaries like him.
(b) Peter and his revolutionaries.
(c) Captain and Mary Lebyatkin.
(d) Mrs. Lembke and her young radicals.

13. Why is The Possessed an inaccurate transposition of the story of the swine in Luke?
(a) Russia's tumultuous revolution dwarfs the revolutionary action of the novel.
(b) The devils reside in the human heart, and can never be cast out completely.
(c) The devils are more destructive in the story, and also more difficult to control.
(d) The devils that haunt Russia are not as easy to cast out as Peter and his radicals.

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

15. How does the audience respond to Karminazov's reading?
(a) They sing Karminazov's praises.
(b) They weep at the beauty of it.
(c) They begin to riot.
(d) They are bored.