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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why is Lisa Tushin killed?

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

4. What do the police take from Peter Verkhovensky's house?

5. Which one of these characters is NOT in Peter's secret group?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Are Shatov and Stepan Verkhovensky heroes in The Possessed? Why or why not? Are Peter Verkhovensky and Stavrogin heroes? Are they villains?

Essay Topic 2

Is The Possessed a Christian novel? What kind of Christianity does it align with? Old Testament or New Testament? In what ways does the novel seem atheistic, or existential?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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