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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who shows up to talk with Shatov after Shatov's wife returns?
(a) Peter.
(b) Erkel.
(c) Virginsky.
(d) Fedka.

2. What does Blum say about the search at Peter Verkhovensky's?
(a) The police found what they were looking for.
(b) It was a mistake.
(c) Virginsky had testified that Peter was the leader of the radical group.
(d) Shatov had tipped the police off.

3. For whom are the swine a metaphor in the story of Luke?
(a) Stavrogin and voluptuaries like him.
(b) Mrs. Lembke and her young radicals.
(c) Captain and Mary Lebyatkin.
(d) Peter and his revolutionaries.

4. What does Stepan Verkhovensky have to work up his courage to do?
(a) Flee to Germany.
(b) Publish his radical tract.
(c) Ask Mrs. Stavrogin to marry him.
(d) Visit Lembke to find out why he is being searched.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who kills Shatov?

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

3. What does Virginsky say to the radicals after Shatov's wife gives birth?

4. Who carries out the raid on Peter's house?

5. Which one of these characters is NOT in Peter's secret group?

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