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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 Mrs. Lembke hosting in her salon?
(a) Local writers and artists.
(b) The local elite.
(c) The local youth.
(d) Visiting dignitaries.

2. Who else arrives in Chapter 5 and takes part in Mrs. Stavrogin's conversation?
(a) Peter Verkhovensky and Captain Lebyatkin.
(b) Shatov and Liputin.
(c) Stepan Verkhovensky and Lisa Tushin.
(d) Mary Lebyatkin and Mrs. Drozdov.

3. What is Stepan Verkhovensky's employment?
(a) He is a local bureaucrat.
(b) He is a social researcher.
(c) He tutors Mrs. Stavrogin's son.
(d) He is an elected official.

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

5. What does Peter ask his father in front of the group?
(a) Whether Dasha was really seduced in Switzerland.
(b) Whether his father taught Nicholas Stavrogin how to treat women
(c) Whether he really intends to get Mrs. Stavrogin's money.
(d) Whether he wants him to save his father from Dasha.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Captain Lebyatkin's reputation?

2. Whose influence has Mr. Lembke come under?

3. What is Verkhovensky ashamed of?

4. When does Part II, Chapter 3 begin?

5. Who is Shatov?

Short Essay Questions

1. What has Shatov's state of mind been like since the confrontation, during which he struck Stavrogin?

2. What plans does Peter seem to be making at the end of Part II, Chapter 4?

3. What is Shigalyov's new plan of social organization?

4. What do people have to do to gain admission to the fête, and how are people finding money for the fête?

5. What injuries are inflicted during the duel?

6. What does Stavrogin tell Dasha after the duel?

7. What story does Stepan, in his fever, think is representative of contemporary Russia?

8. Where does Stepan go after he leaves Mrs. Stavrogin's house?

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

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

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