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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who throws Stepan Verkhovensky out of the conversation?
(a) Shatov.
(b) Peter Verkhovensky.
(c) Nicholas Stavrogin.
(d) Mrs. Stavrogin.

2. What is Stepan's impression of the confrontation that took place at Mrs. Stavrogin's house?
(a) That Peter was out to assassinate people's characters.
(b) That Stavrogin needed to be taken down.
(c) That Mrs. Stavrogin had let her son have too much rein.
(d) That Peter had planned it all along.

3. Who has been in hiding for the week after the confrontations at Mrs. Stavrogin's?
(a) Mrs. Stavrogin.
(b) Captain Lebyatkin and his sister.
(c) Liputin.
(d) Shatov and Nicholas Stavrogin.

4. What is Stepan Verkhovensky's relationship with Mrs. Stavrogin?
(a) He lives with her.
(b) They are married.
(c) They are enemies.
(d) They are lovers.

5. How many paces separate the two duelists?
(a) 24.
(b) 12.
(c) 30.
(d) 20

6. Who is Shatov?
(a) A banker from Moscow.
(b) A former student of Verkhovensky's.
(c) A local doctor.
(d) A local official.

7. What problem might Stavrogin have with his plan?
(a) He has lost his reputation.
(b) Divorce is still illegal.
(c) He doesn't have any money.
(d) Lisa is already married to Mr. Drozdov.

8. Who arrives when Peter has just finished relating the story of Nicholas' devotion to Miss Lebyatkin?
(a) Mrs. Stavrogin.
(b) Mary Lebyatkin.
(c) Nicholas.
(d) Shatov.

9. What plan does Mrs. Stavrogin make for Verhovensky?
(a) She asks him to marry Dasha.
(b) She asks him to bring her son home.
(c) She asks him to tutor her son.
(d) She sends her Verkhovensky to get her son from prison.

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

11. With whom does Nicholas Stavrogin leave from his conversation with his mother?
(a) Miss Lebyatkin.
(b) Captain Lebyatkin.
(c) Peter Verkhovensky.
(d) Lisa Tushin.

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

13. In whose house is Peter spreading rumors in the days before the fête?
(a) Lembke's.
(b) Captain Lebyatkin's.
(c) Shatov's.
(d) Mrs. Stavrogin's.

14. What are Verkhovensky's political views?
(a) He is an informant working with the government to clamp down on dissenters.
(b) He is afraid of the government, but likes to be seen as liberal.
(c) He does not let politics interfere with his art.
(d) He is rebellious and frequently in trouble with the law.

15. What is Verkhovensky's status in Moscow and St. Petersburg society?
(a) He is not respected.
(b) He is highly respected.
(c) He is ambitious, but not yet recognized.
(d) He is regaining his reputation after a scandal.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Nicholas Stavrogin like as a military officer?

2. What is Mr. Lembke's professional background?

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

4. What causes Mrs. Stavrogin to separate with Stepan Verkhovensky?

5. Where did Nicholas meet Captain Lebyatkin?

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