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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. Who does Grushenka say Mitya is obsessed with that is causing them problems in Book 11?
(a) Fyodor.
(b) Katarina.
(c) Marfa.
(d) Lizaveta.

2. What does the defense attorney tell the jurors they are in charge of deciding in addition to the truth of Mitya's story?
(a) The social standards.
(b) The truth of Russia.
(c) Their own conscience.
(d) The fate of humanity.

3. How much money does Katarina say Mitya had loaned her family years ago during his trial?
(a) 3,000 rubles.
(b) 5,000 rubles.
(c) 4,000 rubles.
(d) 1,000 rubles.

4. What does Mitya agree to being guilty of at the beginning of his trial?
(a) A drunkard and thief.
(b) A drunkard and scoundrel.
(c) A thief.
(d) A murderer.

5. What does the prosecutor's speech appear to be to the peasants and Russians in the courtroom?
(a) Rude.
(b) Mean.
(c) Condescending.
(d) Harmful.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Mitya planning on escaping to after his trial?

2. Who does Alyosha go to meet in at the beginning of the Epilogue?

3. What does the defense attorney suggest that Mitya has not been allowed during his final speech?

4. Who is called in but found that their opinions are useless in Mitya's trial?

5. Who is not sympathetic to the prosecuting attorney when he objects the defense's final speech?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the nature of Alyosha and Grushenka's discussion in Part 4, Book 11, Chapter 1?

2. What is the nature of the discussion between Ivan and Smerdyakov in Part 4, Book 11, Chapter 6?

3. How are Fetyukovich's attempts to accuse Smerdyakov received in Part 4, Book 12, Chapter 12?

4. How does the defense attorney describe Fyodor in Part 4, Book 12, Chapter 13?

5. Describe Mitya's plea to the court in Part 4, Book 12, Chapter 14.

6. How is Lise described in Part 4, Book 11, Chapter 3?

7. How is Alyosha and Kolya's first interaction described?

8. What does Smerdyakov confess to Ivan in Part 4, Book 11, Chapter 8?

9. What is the nature of the voices Ivan hears in Part 4, Book 11, Chapter 9?

10. What happens when Katarina gives the judge her letter from Mitya during his trial?

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