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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. 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 threatened to evict Mrs. Stavrogin from her estate.
(d) Gaganov had been insulting Stavrogin.

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

3. What does Stavrogin do when it is his turn to shoot?
(a) Shoots Gaganov in the eye.
(b) Shoots in the air.
(c) Aims for Gaganov's heart but misses.
(d) Hits Gaganov's finger.

4. Which one of these characters is NOT in Peter's secret group?
(a) Lyamshin.
(b) Virginsky.
(c) Liputin.
(d) Shatov.

5. What causes Mrs. Stavrogin to separate with Stepan Verkhovensky?
(a) Peter's insults.
(b) Stepan's radical views.
(c) Stepan's unconscionable behavior.
(d) Peter's antics about Dasha.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Stavrogin respond to Kirilov's belief?

2. What crime is Fedka implicated in?

3. What do the police take from Peter Verkhovensky's house?

4. What reason does the narrator have for visiting Lembke?

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

(see the answer key)

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