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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. With whom does Nicholas Stavrogin leave from his conversation with his mother?
(a) Peter Verkhovensky.
(b) Miss Lebyatkin.
(c) Captain Lebyatkin.
(d) Lisa Tushin.

2. What is Stepan and Peter Verkhovensky's relationship like?
(a) They have been estranged.
(b) They have been closer ever since Stepah fled to the provinces.
(c) They have become mortal enemies.
(d) They have been in touch as Peter traveled.

3. Who arrives when Peter has just finished relating the story of Nicholas' devotion to Miss Lebyatkin?
(a) Mrs. Stavrogin.
(b) Shatov.
(c) Mary Lebyatkin.
(d) Nicholas.

4. Whom does Nicholas visit in Part II, Chapter 2?
(a) His mother.
(b) Shatov and Kirilov.
(c) Captain and Miss Lebyatkin.
(d) The local constabulary.

5. What are Mrs. Lembke's social aspirations?
(a) She wants to know Captain and Mary Lebyatkin.
(b) She wants to pass for an ordinary Russian.
(c) She wants to be accepted in the highest rank of society.
(d) She wants to be accepted into Mrs. Stavrogin's society.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Liputin?

2. Where were Captain Lebyatin and his sister living when Nicholas met them?

3. Mrs. Lembke bestows her favors in spite of what?

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

5. What is Nicholas Stavrogin like as a military officer?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do we know about the poem, A Noble Character?

2. What is the purpose of the gathering at Mr. Virginsky's house?

3. What is on the schedule for the fête, and what is Julia Lembke's position in town on the eve of the fête?

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

5. How does Stepan Verkhovensky react to having his house raided?

6. What business does Peter conduct with Kirilov in the raining cold of the night?

7. How are Stavrogin and Lisa getting along the morning after the night they spent together?

8. What effect do Julia Lembke's political activities have on Mr. Lembke?

9. How would you characterize the opposition between Stepan and Peter?

10. How do people explain the gathering of workers from the Spigulin factory?

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