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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Smerdyakov suffer in Book 5, Chapter 7?
(a) A fall.
(b) He is attacked.
(c) Epileptic fit.
(d) He breaks his foot.

3. Who does Alyosha run into after having lunch with Father Superior?
(a) Maximov.
(b) Rakitin.
(c) Ilyusha.
(d) Makarov.

4. What is the name of Fyodor's son that he neglected shamefully?
(a) Smerdyakov.
(b) Ivan.
(c) Alyosha.
(d) Mitya.

5. What does Mitya say the Karamazov brothers share that creates storm within their souls?
(a) A sensual insect.
(b) A murderous intent.
(c) A tornado.
(d) A deep desire.

6. What is the name of the servant whose story is told in Book 3, Chapter 1?
(a) Rakitin.
(b) Ivan.
(c) Smerdyakov.
(d) Grigory.

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

8. What does Lizaveta harm herself on that causes her to die?
(a) A fence.
(b) She falls off a building.
(c) On a boat.
(d) In the fields.

9. What is the name of the girl that Smerdyakov plays his instrument for?
(a) Marfa.
(b) Grushenka.
(c) Katarina.
(d) Maria.

10. Who does Mitya go to see at the beginning of Book 8, Chapter 2?
(a) Rakitin.
(b) Lyagavy.
(c) Maximov.
(d) Grigory.

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

12. Who does Alyosha read a letter from at the end of Part 1?
(a) Lise.
(b) Marfa.
(c) Katarina.
(d) Grushenka.

13. What is the person who is an opponent of Zosima, which makes the other monks tend to believe him more?
(a) A healer.
(b) A faster.
(c) A martyr.
(d) A prophet.

14. Who does Madame Khokhlakov insist on talking with at the end of Book 4, Chapter 4?
(a) Mitya and Katarina.
(b) Ivan and Mitya.
(c) Lise and Alyosha.
(d) Katarina and Ivan.

15. Who does Fyodor say is the only son he loves?
(a) Mitya.
(b) Ivan.
(c) Alyosha.
(d) Smerdyakov.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Alyosha say he wishes would marry Katarina in Book 3, Chapter 5?

2. What do the monks speak of involving Madame Khokhlakov's daughter and children at the beginning of Part 2?

3. What does Fyodor say is the reason he is babbling during the meeting with the Elder?

4. Who does Alyosha leave his father looking for at the beginning of Book 4, Chapter 3?

5. What does the boy that had rocks thrown at him by a group of boys do to Alyosha after he stops them from beating him up?

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