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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III, Chapter 7, Stepan Verkhovensky's Last Pilgrimage and Chapter 8, Conclusion.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what way do Virginsky and Shatov resemble one another?
(a) They are both artists.
(b) They are both young.
(c) They are both conseratives.
(d) They are both liberals.

2. What consequence does Stavrogin suffer after he is punched in the face?
(a) He needs surgery.
(b) He has to stay home while the bone sets.
(c) He comes down with an illness.
(d) He is unconscious for a week.

3. What reason does the narrator have for visiting Lembke?
(a) He wants to prevent Stepan Verkhovensky from doing anything silly.
(b) He wants to know why he is being searched.
(c) He wants to arrange to get out of the country.
(d) He wants to testify against Peter Verkhovensky.

4. Who is Nicholas Stavrogin's tutor?
(a) Virginsky.
(b) Verkhovensky.
(c) Shatov.
(d) Liputin.

5. What would normally happen to youth who behave as these youth are behaving?
(a) They would be sent to Siberia.
(b) They would work for the candidate who won.
(c) They would be rewarded with status in the church.
(d) They would be sacrificed for the country in war.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Lebyatkin live with?

2. In whose house is Peter spreading rumors in the days before the fête?

3. What happens to Stavrogin as the novel concludes?

4. What is Peter Verkhovensky concerned about when he rushes out of Virginsky's house?

5. How does the audience respond to Karminazov's reading?

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