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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I, Chapter 3, Another Man's Sins and Chapter 4, The Cripple.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Nicholas Stavrogin kill a man?
(a) He poisoned the man who had killed his father.
(b) Accidentally, when his horse trampled the man.
(c) In self defense, when he was being robbed.
(d) In a duel.

2. Who is Virginsky?
(a) A student of Verkhovensky's.
(b) A professor at the university.
(c) A local official.
(d) A radical agitator.

3. Why does Lisa approach Shatov?
(a) She wants him to lend her money.
(b) She wants him to write a letter to her son.
(c) She wants him to find her a husband.
(d) She wants him to join a business venture.

4. Who does Lebyatkin live with?
(a) His sister, Shatov and Kirlov.
(b) Virginsky.
(c) Mrs. Stavrogin.
(d) Peter Verkhovensky.

5. Who is Liputin?
(a) A liberal official.
(b) Mrs. Stavrogin's son's friend.
(c) A local banker.
(d) A student of Verkhovensky's.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Stepan Verkhovensky's employment?

3. How does the Verkhovensky circle feel about Nicholas Stavrogin?

4. Why is Nicholas Stavrogin demoted?

5. What is Stepan Verkhovensky agitated about at the beginning of Chapter 3?

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