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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Russia's salvation seems to reside where, in Dostoevsky's opinion?
(a) In the radicals.
(b) In the monarchy.
(c) In the peasants.
(d) In the Church.

2. Who does Peter leave Virginsky's house to meet?
(a) His father.
(b) Captain Lebyatkin.
(c) Kirilov and Stavrogin.
(d) Lisa Tushin.

3. What is the overall message of The Possessed?
(a) Russia is possessed with demons.
(b) Tyrannical monarchy will bring about its own downfall.
(c) Conspiracy against the government is always fruitless.
(d) Russia is in the hands of loving protectors like Stepan Verkhovensky.

4. Where do Lisa and the man she meets rush off to after they meet?
(a) They go to see the people who were murdered.
(b) They go to Shatov's.
(c) They go to Lembke's.
(d) They go to Mrs. Stavrogin's.

5. Which revolutionary dissociates himself from murder as a strategy?
(a) Shatov.
(b) Shigalyov.
(c) Virginsky.
(d) Peter Verkhovensky.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Shatov ask Kirilov for after he discovers that his wife is pregnant?

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

3. What kind of poem does Liputin read to the crowd?

4. The first chapter of Part 3 is set the day after what?

5. How do the revolutionaries dispose of Shatov's body?

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