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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II, Chapter 1, Night and Chapter 2, Night Continued.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What plan does Mrs. Stavrogin make for Verhovensky?
(a) She asks him to tutor her son.
(b) She asks him to bring her son home.
(c) She asks him to marry Dasha.
(d) She sends her Verkhovensky to get her son from prison.

2. Why does Stavrogin plan to duel Gaganov?
(a) Gaganov's father had been an enemy of Stavrogin's father's.
(b) Gaganov had threatened to take Mary Lebyatkin away from Stavrogin.
(c) Gaganov had been insulting Stavrogin.
(d) Gaganov had threatened to evict Mrs. Stavrogin from her estate.

3. What is Stepan Verkhovensky's employment?
(a) He is an elected official.
(b) He is a local bureaucrat.
(c) He is a social researcher.
(d) He tutors Mrs. Stavrogin's son.

4. Who is on his way to visit at the end of the second chapter?
(a) Stavrogin's father.
(b) Verkhovensky's father.
(c) Verkhovensky's son.
(d) Shatov's father.

5. What does Mrs. Stavrogin want to find out at the beginning of Chapter 5?
(a) She wants to know who she can borrow money from.
(b) She wants to know what Shatov knows about Lebyatkin.
(c) She wants to know when her son is coming back home.
(d) She wants to know whether her son's name has been sullied.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who punches Nicholas Stavrogin in the face?

2. What imputation does Liputin make about Nicholas Stavrogin in his conversation with Kerkhovensky?

3. What was Captain Lebyatkin's relationship with Nicholas Stavrogin in Moscow?

4. What is Verkhovensky's status in Moscow and St. Petersburg society?

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

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