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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II, Chapter 9, Stepan Verkhovensky is Raided and Chapter 10, Filibusters, A Fateful Morning.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What rumors is Peter spreading in the days before the fête?
(a) That Verkhovensky is a murderer.
(b) That Mr. Lembke is having an affair.
(c) That Mrs. Lembke is an anarchist.
(d) That Stavrogin is a government spy.

2. How does Nicholas Stavrogin react to his demotion?
(a) He works his way back to his rank.
(b) He quits the army.
(c) He keeps fighting duels.
(d) His gambling gets even worse.

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

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

5. Who is Lisa Tushin?
(a) A woman who had a relationship with Nicholas.
(b) A schoolmistress in St. Petersburg.
(c) A neighbor of Mrs. Stavrogin's.
(d) A seamstress.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Stavrogin defend from Peter?

2. Why did Nicholas initially take an interest in Captain Lebyatkin?

3. What is Kirilov's involvement in Stavrogin's plan?

4. What is Mrs. Stavrogin's feeling about the fête?

5. What would normally happen to youth who behave as these youth are behaving?

(see the answer key)

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