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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many people are in Peter Verkhovensky's secret group of radicals?
(a) Fifteen.
(b) Ten.
(c) Twenty-five.
(d) Five.

2. What does Shatov have to do in order to leave the group of radicals peacefully?
(a) Swear loyalty to the radicals' ideals.
(b) Renounce his association with them publicly.
(c) Reveal the hiding place of the printing press.
(d) Leave town and leave his property to the radicals.

3. Who had a hand in manipulating Lisa to be with Stavrogin?
(a) Virginsky.
(b) Shatov.
(c) Peter.
(d) Liputin.

4. Why does Lisa want to leave Stavrogin at the beginning of the Part 3, Chapter 3?
(a) Stavrogin told her he didn't love her.
(b) Stavrogin confessed to killing Mary.
(c) She wanted to report his murder to the police.
(d) They have begun to quarrel.

5. What is the real purpose of the gathering at Virginsky's house?
(a) A radical political meeting.
(b) Planning to overthrow the government.
(c) A planning meeting for Mrs. Lembke's fête.
(d) A literary club meeting.

Short Answer Questions

1. Russia's salvation seems to reside where, in Dostoevsky's opinion?

2. Why was it a mistake to charge a high price for the fête?

3. What happens to the swine in the story from Luke?

4. Where does Stepan Verkhovensky wander into in the beginning of Chapter 7 of Part 3?

5. Why is The Possessed an inaccurate transposition of the story of the swine in Luke?

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