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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Mr. Lembke?
(a) Mrs. Stavrogin's lawyer.
(b) Captain Lebyatkin's brother-in-law.
(c) A German member of the elite.
(d) A judge in the district where Stavrogin dueled.

2. Who is Liputin?
(a) Mrs. Stavrogin's son's friend.
(b) A student of Verkhovensky's.
(c) A liberal official.
(d) A local banker.

3. What does Mrs. Stavrogin ask her son when he arrives?
(a) Whether he is married to Mary Lebyatkin.
(b) Whether he has fought a duel.
(c) Whether he has any new gambling debts.
(d) Whether he is leaving her all alone.

4. Why has Gaganov been insulting Stavrogin?
(a) Stavrogin has seduced Gaganov's wife.
(b) Stavrogin has corrupted Gaganov's sister.
(c) Stavrogin has insulted Gaganov's father years ago.
(d) Gaganov has a temperamental hostility to Stavrogin.

5. In what way do Virginsky and Shatov resemble one another?
(a) They are both young.
(b) They are both conseratives.
(c) They are both artists.
(d) They are both liberals.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Mrs. Lembke hosting in her salon?

2. How does Stavrogin respond to Kirilov's belief?

3. What has Peter Verkhovensky been doing in the week since the confrontations at Mrs. Stavrogin's house?

4. Where is The Possessed set?

5. Who is Virginsky?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Stavrogin try to avoid the duel with Gaganov?

2. How are Liputin, Shatov and Virginsky described when we meet them?

3. What does Peter tell us about Nicholas Stavrogin's relationship with Miss Lebyatkin?

4. How do we find out whether Peter intentionally circulated rumors about Dasha to instigate his father?

5. What is Peter's relationship with Stavrogin?

6. What do Lisa Tushin and Kaptain Lebyatkin have in common?

7. What does Peter ask his father after he (Peter) has recounted the story of Stavrogin and Miss Lebyatkin?

8. What kind of uprising is Peter planning?

9. What happens when Peter mentions that Stepan believes that Dasha has fallen into disrepute in Switzerland?

10. What leads up to Nicholas' confession that he is married to Mary?

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