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

2. What resonance does the story of the swine from Luke have with the novel?
(a) Dostoevsky appears to believe that lovers are possessed by demons.
(b) Dostoevsky appears to believe that revolutionaries are possessed by demons.
(c) Dostoevsky appears to believe that Russia is possessed by demons.
(d) Dostoevsky appears to believe that educated people are possessed by demons.

3. Why was it a mistake to charge a high price for the fête?
(a) Expensive tickets excluded the writers.
(b) No one could afford to come.
(c) The people expected to be entertained.
(d) The people who came wanted food.

4. Who else arrives in Chapter 5 and takes part in Mrs. Stavrogin's conversation?
(a) Peter Verkhovensky and Captain Lebyatkin.
(b) Mary Lebyatkin and Mrs. Drozdov.
(c) Shatov and Liputin.
(d) Stepan Verkhovensky and Lisa Tushin.

5. What has Peter Verkhovensky been doing in the week since the confrontations at Mrs. Stavrogin's house?
(a) Spreading rumors about what took place there.
(b) Defending Miss Lebyatkin's reputation.
(c) Defending Nicholas Stavrogin's reputation.
(d) Plotting to kill Stavrogin.