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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Dostoevsky seem to believe is the problem with Russia?
(a) It is poisoned by its peasant spirituality.
(b) It is ripe for a revolution but incapable of emerging from one.
(c) It is both attracted to and repulsed by industrial modernism.
(d) It is held back by its feudal past.

2. What had some poor people done to prepare for the fête?
(a) Moved away to make room for Lembke's guests.
(b) Broken into the banquet hall.
(c) Pawned their belongings to buy gowns.
(d) Stolen money from Lembke.

3. What crime is Fedka implicated in?
(a) Arson.
(b) Murder.
(c) Treason.
(d) Theft.

4. When Stavrogin catches up with Peter, what does Peter suggest to him?
(a) That the police have been watching him.
(b) That Shatov is plotting against him.
(c) That Lebyatkin plans to blackmail Stavrogin.
(d) That the flood in the mine was planned.

5. How does the audience respond to Karminazov's reading?
(a) They are bored.
(b) They sing Karminazov's praises.
(c) They begin to riot.
(d) They weep at the beauty of it.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are workers from the Spigulin factory massing in the street?

2. Why is Peter intent on killing Shatov?

3. Who does the chief of police begin to arrest?

4. How long had Shatov's wife been gone before she returns?

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

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