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

2. What does Liputin answer Stepan when Stepan asks him questions at their meeting?
(a) He tells Verkhovensky that Mrs. Stavrogin had just paid all her son's gambling debts.
(b) He tells Verkhovensky that Mrs. Stavrogin asked him if he thought Nicholas was mad.
(c) He tells Verkhovensky that Mrs. Stavrogin had just been diagnosed with a fatal illness.
(d) He tells Verkhovensky that Mrs. Stavrogin had tried to arrange for Nicholas to marry Dasha.

3. What is Stepan and Peter Verkhovensky's relationship like?
(a) They have been in touch as Peter traveled.
(b) They have been estranged.
(c) They have become mortal enemies.
(d) They have been closer ever since Stepah fled to the provinces.

4. What is Verkhovensky ashamed of?
(a) He is ashamed of Dasha's ignorance and lack of good sense.
(b) He is ashamed of being asked to marry Dasha to hide her past.
(c) He is ashamed of Mrs. Stavrogin's control over his liberty.
(d) He is ashamed of his students' mediocre performance at university.

5. What is Stepan Verkhovensky agitated about at the beginning of Chapter 3?
(a) His father's return.
(b) His son's debts.
(c) His wife's pregnancy.
(d) Marriage to Dasha.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Virginsky?

2. What are Verkhovensky's political views?

3. In what way do Virginsky and Shatov resemble one another?

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

5. What is Stepan Verkhovensky's employment?

(see the answer key)

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