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

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the revolutionaries dispose of Shatov's body?

2. What does Shatov ask Kirilov for after he discovers that his wife is pregnant?

3. What led to the release of the demons in Russia in the nineteenth century?

4. When Stavrogin catches up with Peter, what does Peter suggest to him?

5. Shatov is happy to see his wife in spite of what?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

What role does innocence play in The Possessed? Is it always sacrificed, as Mary Lebyatkin and Shatov are? Does it endure anywhere, in spite of Mary and Shatov's murders?

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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