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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Chapter 5 begin?

2. What is Stepan Verkhovensky's relationship with Mrs. Stavrogin?

3. What rumors is Peter spreading in the days before the fête?

4. When does Part II, Chapter 3 begin?

5. Who will be speaking at Mrs. Lembke's fête?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Mrs. Stavrogin's response to Stepan Verkhovensky's letter to Peter about Dasha?

2. What happens to Lisa after she hears about Stavrogin's role in Mary and the Captain's murder?

3. How many people end up involved in the conversation between Mrs. Stavrogin and Shatov at the beginning of Chapter 3 in Part I?

4. Why does Lisa Tushin approach Shatov?

5. What do people have to do to gain admission to the fête, and how are people finding money for the fête?

6. What is Julia Lembke's relationship with the youth of her town?

7. What does Lisa find out about Captain Lebyatikin's sister?

8. What story does Stepan, in his fever, think is representative of contemporary Russia?

9. How does Shatov respond to Lisa Tushin's proposal?

10. What does Mrs. Stavrogin suggest as a result of her sense that she is getting older?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the moral of The Possessed? Is conversion to Christianity a real solution to the problems the book presents? Is there a difference between the social problems the book presents us with and the problems of individual morality that the characters face?

Essay Topic 2

What images or symbols repeat throughout The Possessed? How are images built into symbols, and what symbolic resonance do images acquire? Choose three images, and describe the symbolic associations the obtain throughout the book.

Essay Topic 3

What is the economy of The Possessed? Where does money come from, and does money come from any new places or reside in any new places as a result of the action of the novel?

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