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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who kills Shatov?

2. Who is on the stage when Karminazov goes to speak?

3. What have Lisa and Stavrogin done as Chapter 3 of Part 3 begins?

4. What does Shatov have to do in order to leave the group of radicals peacefully?

5. What have Liputin and Fedka been doing at the Spigulin factory?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Is the duel between Gaganov and Stavrogin a metaphor for the book? Is the murder of Captain and Mary Lebyatkin a better metaphor? What event in the book is most representative of the book as a whole?

Essay Topic 2

Is there a consistent morality in The Possessed? Do violent people always pay a price for their acts of violence? Are criminals and scoundrels always caught and punished, or made to suffer somehow? Is innocent suffering redeemed?

Essay Topic 3

What is the genre of The Possessed? Is it a realistic novel of Russian life, or is it something else? A philosophical melodrama? A political thriller? An allegory of radicalism?

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