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

2. Who has been in hiding for the week after the confrontations at Mrs. Stavrogin's?
(a) Shatov and Nicholas Stavrogin.
(b) Liputin.
(c) Mrs. Stavrogin.
(d) Captain Lebyatkin and his sister.

3. What is Stepan's impression of the confrontation that took place at Mrs. Stavrogin's house?
(a) That Peter was out to assassinate people's characters.
(b) That Peter had planned it all along.
(c) That Stavrogin needed to be taken down.
(d) That Mrs. Stavrogin had let her son have too much rein.

4. Where is The Possessed set?
(a) In Moscow.
(b) In the Russian provinces.
(c) In St. Petersburg.
(d) In Novgorod.

5. Whose influence has Mr. Lembke come under?
(a) Peter Verkhovensky's.
(b) His son's.
(c) His wife's.
(d) Mrs. Stavrogin's.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Mr. Lembke?

2. What weapons do Stavrogin and Gaganov use for the duel?

3. What do we learn from Stavrogin's confrontation with Shatov?

4. How does Nicholas Stavrogin react to his demotion?

5. What is Peter planning throughout Part II of The Possessed?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Stepan at the inn?

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

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

4. What is Julia Lembke's relationship with the youth of her town?

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

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

7. What stories and events are swirling in the aftermath of the confrontation that ended Part 1?

8. What happens to Lisa after she hears about Stavrogin's role in Mary and the Captain's murder?

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

10. How does Stepan Verhovensky feel about Verkhovensky's marriage to Dasha?

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