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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What accusation does Mrs. Stavrogin make of Stepan Verkhovensky?
(a) She accuses him of having seduced Dasha.
(b) She accuses him of conspiring against the government.
(c) She accuses him of stealing from her.
(d) She accuses him of being a dilettante and a fraud.

3. What does Lebyatkin ask Lisa in a letter?
(a) He asks her to send the money she owes him.
(b) He asks her to work for him in his house.
(c) He asks her for money.
(d) He asks her to marry him.

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

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

6. Why does Stavrogin plan to duel Gaganov?
(a) Gaganov had threatened to evict Mrs. Stavrogin from her estate.
(b) Gaganov's father had been an enemy of Stavrogin's father's.
(c) Gaganov had threatened to take Mary Lebyatkin away from Stavrogin.
(d) Gaganov had been insulting Stavrogin.

7. What last-minute effort does Stavrogin make to avert the duel?
(a) He threatens to kill Gaganov's entire family.
(b) He offers to leave the country.
(c) He offers even more money.
(d) He apologizes once again.

8. What venture does Lisa approach Shatov for help with?
(a) Publishing a yearly compendium of articles.
(b) Getting herself out of debt so she can buy a cottage.
(c) Finding a husband for her and a father for her girls.
(d) Finding a job for her son.

9. Where does Verkhovensky hear that the rumor he heard about Dasha is true?
(a) From Lebyatkin.
(b) From Shatov.
(c) From Dasha and Mrs. Stavrogin.
(d) From Liputin and a friend of Peter's.

10. Why has Gaganov been insulting Stavrogin?
(a) Gaganov has a temperamental hostility to Stavrogin.
(b) Stavrogin has seduced Gaganov's wife.
(c) Stavrogin has corrupted Gaganov's sister.
(d) Stavrogin has insulted Gaganov's father years ago.

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

12. Why does Nicholas treat Miss Lebyatkin so well?
(a) Nicholas says it was because he was in love.
(b) Peter says it was because of the 'demon of irony' in him.
(c) Mrs. Stavrogin says it was because her son was rebellious.
(d) Captain Lebyatkin says it was because Nicholas is sentimental and stupid.

13. What is Mr. Lembke's professional background?
(a) He was a novelist before he became a lawyer.
(b) He was a lawyer before becoming a politician.
(c) He wrote a novel that was rejected by a magazine.
(d) He was a soldier before entering the government.

14. What event results in an investigation that discovers radical literature?
(a) A cholera outbreak at a factory.
(b) The publication of a radical poem.
(c) An attack on a general's wife.
(d) A flood in a mine.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What condition does Mrs. Lembke impose on people who want to come to her party?

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

3. What is Stepan and Peter Verkhovensky's relationship like?

4. Who is Nicholas Stavrogin's tutor?

5. How does Mrs. Lembke participate in Peter's plans?

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