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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the neighborhood not able to tell about Smerdyakov based on his demeanor and appearance?
(a) What he will do.
(b) What he is thinking.
(c) How he will act.
(d) If he can talk.

2. What does Mitya spout joyously in Book 3, Chapter 3?
(a) Poetry.
(b) A story.
(c) A song.
(d) Quotes from the Bible.

3. Which person is not at the table with Grushenka when Mitya arrives at the tavern?
(a) Kalganov.
(b) A Polish officer.
(c) Alyosha.
(d) Moxima.

4. Where do Fyodor and his friends find the insane woman who roamed about town in Book 3, Chapter 2?
(a) In a boardinghouse.
(b) On a curb.
(c) On the riverbank.
(d) In a pub.

5. What do Ivan and Fyodor become after Ivan comes home to confront him?
(a) Enemies.
(b) Acquaintances.
(c) Great friends.
(d) They stop speaking.

6. What is the name of the woman who is insane and roamed about town in the book?
(a) Marfa.
(b) Katarina.
(c) Lizavetta.
(d) Grushenka.

7. What profession does Fyodor hold?
(a) Landowner.
(b) Teacher.
(c) Lawyer.
(d) Doctor.

8. Who peeks through a door and looks at Alyosha in Book 4, Chapter 4?
(a) Marfa.
(b) Katarina.
(c) Lise.
(d) Lizaveta.

9. Who is Mitya accused of murdering in Part 3?
(a) Fyodor.
(b) Zosima.
(c) Ivan.
(d) Alyosha.

10. What does Fyodor begin a life of after the death of his last wife?
(a) Praying.
(b) He beat his sons.
(c) He became a recluse.
(d) Womanizing and drinking.

11. After how many days after having his vision at Zosima's coffin does Alyosha leave the monastery?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) 4.

12. How much money did Katarina give to Mitya after they became engaged?
(a) 1,000 rubles.
(b) 2,000 rubles.
(c) 3,000 rubles.
(d) 500 rubles.

13. What does Fyodor make wild accusations against at the end of Book 2, Chapter 8?
(a) His sons.
(b) The church.
(c) Zosima.
(d) Russia.

14. What begins to happen with the Elder's dead body much sooner than normal?
(a) Emits an odor.
(b) In hardens.
(c) Rots.
(d) Glows.

15. What is the name of Mitya's fiancé that he is abandoning for another woman?
(a) Lizaveta.
(b) Marfa.
(c) Katarina.
(d) Grushenka.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the tavern Mitya arrives at in search of Grushenka?

2. What does Zosima say is the only thing that prevents someone from committing a crime in Book 2, Chapter 5?

3. What does Fyodor behave as during the meeting with Zosima?

4. What is the name of Fyodor's son that he neglected shamefully?

5. What does the person who wrote Alyosha a letter at the end of Part 1 profess in the letter?

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