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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened to the money that Nicholas gives to Captain Lebyatkin for Mary?
(a) The Captain got Mary the medication she needed.
(b) The Captain spent it on drink.
(c) The Captain left Mary alone and went to Moscow.
(d) The Captain got a house for himself and his sister.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Mrs. Stavrogin invite into the conversation that starts Chapter 5?

2. What does Stavrogin tell Peter he is planning to do?

3. Why does Stavrogin plan to duel Gaganov?

4. How does Peter plan to instigate his father?

5. Who is Liputin?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mrs. Stavrogin find out about Nicholas' relationship with Mss Lebyatikin?

2. What injuries are inflicted during the duel?

3. What is the relationship between Mr. Lembke and Peter Verkhovensky?

4. What effect do Julia Lembke's political activities have on Mr. Lembke?

5. What does Lisa find out about Captain Lebyatikin's sister?

6. How are Stavrogin and Lisa getting along the morning after the night they spent together?

7. What do we know about the poem, A Noble Character?

8. What is Kirilov's view of life, and how does Peter respond to it?

9. What does Mrs. Stavrogin suggest as a result of her sense that she is getting older?

10. What story does Stepan, in his fever, think is representative of contemporary Russia?

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