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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II, Chapter 7, At Virginsky's and Chapter 8, Ivan the Crown-Prince.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Mrs. Stavrogin's feeling about the fête?
(a) She envies Mrs. Lembke.
(b) She is helping Mrs. Lembke.
(c) She is co-sponsoring the fête.
(d) She is appalled that people would come for Mrs. Lembke.

2. How many previous marriages has Stepan Verkhovensky had?
(a) Two.
(b) One.
(c) Three.
(d) Zero.

3. What is Peter predicting in the time after the confrontation at Mrs. Stavrogin's house?
(a) That Nicholas will kill Shatov.
(b) That he will bomb a prominent government location.
(c) That Nicholas will be killed.
(d) That he will incite riots and protests.

4. What does Stavrogin tell Peter he is planning to do?
(a) Propose to Lisa Tushin.
(b) Divorce Mary Lebyatkin.
(c) Leave for Paris.
(d) Start an uprising.

5. What imputation does Liputin make about Nicholas Stavrogin in his conversation with Kerkhovensky?
(a) That Nicholas is disreputable.
(b) That Nicholas is mad.
(c) That Nicholas is dying.
(d) That Nicholas is a radical agitator.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to the money that Nicholas gives to Captain Lebyatkin for Mary?

2. What is Peter planning throughout Part II of The Possessed?

3. What does Stepan ask Liputin about at their meeting?

4. What is Captain Lebyatkin's reputation?

5. What does Nicholas ask his servant to help him do after Peter leaves?

(see the answer key)

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