The Possessed Test | Final Test - Easy

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The Possessed Test | Final Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What happens to the swine in the story from Luke?
(a) They are disemboweled and scattered around the town after Jesus fills them with devils.
(b) They run wild and ruin the town after Jesus fills them with devils.
(c) They are killed and eaten after Jesus fills them with devils.
(d) They drown after Jesus fills them with devils.

5. Why was it a mistake to charge a high price for the fête?
(a) The people who came wanted food.
(b) No one could afford to come.
(c) Expensive tickets excluded the writers.
(d) The people expected to be entertained.

6. What does Stavrogin look for and not find in the final chapters?
(a) Just punishment.
(b) A good woman's love.
(c) His mother's forgiveness.
(d) God.

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

8. What have Liputin and Fedka been doing at the Spigulin factory?
(a) Working.
(b) Fomenting discontent.
(c) Managing the workers.
(d) Streamlining the work flow.

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

10. What reason does the narrator have for visiting Lembke?
(a) He wants to testify against Peter Verkhovensky.
(b) He wants to know why he is being searched.
(c) He wants to prevent Stepan Verkhovensky from doing anything silly.
(d) He wants to arrange to get out of the country.

11. What does Shatov ask Kirilov for after he discovers that his wife is pregnant?
(a) Help leaving town.
(b) Money for a midwife.
(c) Money for a divorce.
(d) He asks Kirilov to raise the child.

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

13. What is the overall message of The Possessed?
(a) Tyrannical monarchy will bring about its own downfall.
(b) Russia is possessed with demons.
(c) Conspiracy against the government is always fruitless.
(d) Russia is in the hands of loving protectors like Stepan Verkhovensky.

14. Who does Peter blame for Mary and Captain Lebyatkin's murder?
(a) Fedka.
(b) Stavrogin.
(c) Lisa.
(d) Shatov.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Shigalyov's plan for the new social organization?

2. What happens to Stavrogin as the novel concludes?

3. The first chapter of Part 3 is set the day after what?

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

5. What does Dostoevsky seem to believe is the problem with Russia?

(see the answer keys)

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