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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who carries out the raid on Peter's house?
(a) Stavrogin.
(b) Mr. Blum.
(c) Captain Lebyatkin.
(d) Fedka.
2. Why is Lisa Tushin killed?
(a) She is killed accidentally when her carriage turns over.
(b) She is killed by the radicals, who want to get to Stavrogin.
(c) The townspeople blame her for the murder of Captain and Mary Lebyatkin.
(d) The police convict her of the murder of Captain and Mary Lebyatkin and execute her.
3. Shatov is happy to see his wife in spite of what?
(a) Her disdain for him.
(b) Her infidelity.
(c) Her illness.
(d) Her poverty.
4. What does Shatov ask Kirilov for after he discovers that his wife is pregnant?
(a) He asks Kirilov to raise the child.
(b) Money for a divorce.
(c) Help leaving town.
(d) Money for a midwife.
5. Which revolutionary dissociates himself from murder as a strategy?
(a) Shigalyov.
(b) Shatov.
(c) Virginsky.
(d) Peter Verkhovensky.
6. What is the real purpose of the gathering at Virginsky's house?
(a) A radical political meeting.
(b) Planning to overthrow the government.
(c) A planning meeting for Mrs. Lembke's fête.
(d) A literary club meeting.
7. 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.
8. What is Peter Verkhovensky concerned about when he rushes out of Virginsky's house?
(a) An arrest warrant that has been issued for him.
(b) Getting his manuscript to the press in time for printing.
(c) A raid that is planned for his house.
(d) A letter that might expose the group.
9. What does Blum say about the search at Peter Verkhovensky's?
(a) Virginsky had testified that Peter was the leader of the radical group.
(b) Shatov had tipped the police off.
(c) It was a mistake.
(d) The police found what they were looking for.
10. What does Stepan Verkhovensky find in his wanderings?
(a) God.
(b) A good woman's love.
(c) Alcoholism and despair.
(d) Honest peasants.
11. What have Lisa and Stavrogin done as Chapter 3 of Part 3 begins?
(a) Stolen money from Mrs. Lembke.
(b) Spent the night together.
(c) Burned the town.
(d) Run away to Moscow.
12. What is the narrator's response to Stepan Verkhovensky's reaction to the search of Peter's house?
(a) He is worried.
(b) He is baffled.
(c) He is intimidated.
(d) He is determined to bring Peter to justice.
13. Who kills Shatov?
(a) Stavrogin.
(b) Liputin.
(c) Peter.
(d) Virginsky.
14. What kind of speech does Stepan Verkhovensky give?
(a) A jeremiad against the people themselves.
(b) A defense of high culture.
(c) An attack on materialism.
(d) A justification of revolutionary acts.
15. Who takes the stage after Stepan Verkhovensky?
(a) Liputin.
(b) A mad professor.
(c) Stavrogin.
(d) Julia Lembke.
Short Answer Questions
1. What cover do the fifteen people use for gathering at Virginsky's house?
2. Who alone knows the purpose of the meeting at Virginsky's house?
3. How does Stepan Verkhovensky react to the search of Peter's house?
4. Where does Stepan Verkhovensky wander into in the beginning of Chapter 7 of Part 3?
5. What is the overall message of The Possessed?
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