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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 acts as Gaganov's second in the duel?
(a) Mr. Drozdov.
(b) Liputin.
(c) Shatov.
(d) Mr. Lemke.

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

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

4. Who throws Stepan Verkhovensky out of the conversation?
(a) Shatov.
(b) Nicholas Stavrogin.
(c) Peter Verkhovensky.
(d) Mrs. Stavrogin.

5. What is Peter predicting in the time after the confrontation at Mrs. Stavrogin's house?
(a) That Nicholas will kill Shatov.
(b) That he will incite riots and protests.
(c) That he will bomb a prominent government location.
(d) That Nicholas will be killed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What condition does Mrs. Lembke impose on people who want to come to her party?

2. What is Kirilov's involvement in Stavrogin's plan?

3. How many paces separate the two duelists?

4. What does Mrs. Stavrogin ask her son when he arrives?

5. Where did Nicholas meet Captain Lebyatkin?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What is Gaganov's relationship with Stavrogin?

5. What does Karmazinov think about Russia?

6. How many people end up involved in the conversation between Mrs. Stavrogin and Shatov at the beginning of Chapter 3 in Part I?

7. Why does Lisa Tushin approach Shatov?

8. What stories are in circulation about Dasha's past?

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

10. What objections are raised to murdering Shatov, and who raises them?

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