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

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

3. What does Stepan ask Liputin about at their meeting?
(a) Liputin's encounters with Mrs. Stavrogin.
(b) Peter Verkhovensky's studies.
(c) Dasha's former engagements.
(d) Nicholas Stavrogin's political opinions.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Nicholas think of Mary Lebyatkin after he got to know her?

2. What do we learn from Stavrogin's confrontation with Shatov?

3. Who is Liputin?

4. What venture does Lisa approach Shatov for help with?

5. What are Verkhovensky's political views?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Karmazinov think about Russia?

2. What plans does Peter seem to be making at the end of Part II, Chapter 4?

3. What stories are in circulation about Dasha's past?

4. What injuries are inflicted during the duel?

5. How does Stepan Verhovensky feel about Verkhovensky's marriage to Dasha?

6. How does Stepan Verkhovensky react to having his house raided?

7. What happens when Shatov shows up to meet Peter and Erkel?

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

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

10. What is Mrs. Stavrogin's response to Stepan Verkhovensky's letter to Peter about Dasha?

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