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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. What venture does Lisa approach Shatov for help with?
(a) Getting herself out of debt so she can buy a cottage.
(b) Finding a husband for her and a father for her girls.
(c) Finding a job for her son.
(d) Publishing a yearly compendium of articles.

2. What accusation does Mrs. Stavrogin make of Stepan Verkhovensky?
(a) She accuses him of conspiring against the government.
(b) She accuses him of stealing from her.
(c) She accuses him of having seduced Dasha.
(d) She accuses him of being a dilettante and a fraud.

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

4. What is Kirilov's involvement in Stavrogin's plan?
(a) Stavrogin asks Kirilov to distract Gaganov.
(b) Stavrogin asks Kirilov to plant incriminating evidence.
(c) Stavrogin asks Kirilov to convey messages to Gaganov's daughter.
(d) Stavrogin asks Kirilov to be his second.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Kirilov?

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

3. Who will be speaking at Mrs. Lembke's fête?

4. Whom does Mrs. Lembke befriend?

5. How does Nicholas Stavrogin react to his demotion?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What is Peter's relationship with Stavrogin?

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

7. Who is responsible for killing Mary and Captain Lebyatkin?

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

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

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

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