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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III, Book Nine, Chapter 1-9 , Part IV, Book Ten, Chapter 1-7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the monks speak of involving Madame Khokhlakov's daughter and children at the beginning of Part 2?
(a) An illness.
(b) A miracle.
(c) A tragedy.
(d) A murder.

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

3. Who do Madame Khokhlakov and her daughter reveal they have come to visit in Book 2, Chapter 4?
(a) Rakitin.
(b) Ivan.
(c) Mitya.
(d) Alyosha.

4. What Biblical miracle does Alyosha envision at Zosima's coffin?
(a) Baptizing someone.
(b) Feeding the hungry.
(c) Turning water to wine.
(d) Walking on water.

5. Who is said to be pursuing Mitya's fiancee now that he has begun fancying someone else?
(a) Ivan.
(b) Smerdyakov.
(c) Fyodor.
(d) Alyosha.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the woman who Mitya is leaving his fiancé for?

2. What does Fyodor begin a life of after the death of his last wife?

3. Who does Madame Khokhlakov insist on talking with at the end of Book 4, Chapter 4?

4. Who is waiting to have an audience with Zosima at the beginning of Book 2, Chapter 3?

5. What is the name of the servant whose story is told in Book 3, Chapter 1?

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