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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is The Possessed an inaccurate transposition of the story of the swine in Luke?
(a) The devils reside in the human heart, and can never be cast out completely.
(b) The devils are more destructive in the story, and also more difficult to control.
(c) The devils that haunt Russia are not as easy to cast out as Peter and his radicals.
(d) Russia's tumultuous revolution dwarfs the revolutionary action of the novel.

2. What do the police take from Peter Verkhovensky's house?
(a) Guns.
(b) Money.
(c) Radical anarchists.
(d) Papers and books.

3. Who does Peter allow into the fête?
(a) Writers and artists.
(b) Criminals and prostitutes.
(c) Lower-class people.
(d) Radical agitators.

4. What is the overall message of The Possessed?
(a) Russia is in the hands of loving protectors like Stepan Verkhovensky.
(b) Tyrannical monarchy will bring about its own downfall.
(c) Conspiracy against the government is always fruitless.
(d) Russia is possessed with demons.

5. Who is on the stage when Karminazov goes to speak?
(a) Shatov.
(b) Liputin.
(c) Captain Lebyatkin.
(d) Stepan Verkhovensky.

Short Answer Questions

1. What had some poor people done to prepare for the fête?

2. Whom does Lisa find after she leaves Stavrogin's?

3. What does Shatov have to do in order to leave the group of radicals peacefully?

4. What does Stepan ask of the police during the search?

5. Who do the townspeople believe killed Mary and Captain Lebyatkin?

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