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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who kills Shatov?
(a) Virginsky.
(b) Stavrogin.
(c) Peter.
(d) Liputin.

2. What resonance does the story of the swine from Luke have with the novel?
(a) Dostoevsky appears to believe that educated people are possessed by demons.
(b) Dostoevsky appears to believe that revolutionaries are possessed by demons.
(c) Dostoevsky appears to believe that Russia is possessed by demons.
(d) Dostoevsky appears to believe that lovers are possessed by demons.

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

4. What happens to Stavrogin as the novel concludes?
(a) He is imprisoned for Mary's murder.
(b) He returns to his mother's home.
(c) He commits suicide.
(d) He returns to the military and moves away.

5. Why was it a mistake to charge a high price for the fête?
(a) No one could afford to come.
(b) The people who came wanted food.
(c) Expensive tickets excluded the writers.
(d) The people expected to be entertained.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Stavrogin believe in?

2. What does Blum say about the search at Peter Verkhovensky's?

3. What had some poor people done to prepare for the fête?

4. What does Stavrogin want Fedka to do?

5. Who alone knows the purpose of the meeting at Virginsky's house?

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