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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III, Book Seven, Chapter 1-3, Part III, Book Eight, Chapter 1-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the baby Lizaveta and Fyodor have?
(a) Smerdyakov.
(b) Alyosha.
(c) Ivan.
(d) Ippolit.

2. What does Smerdyakov express opinions about in Book 3, Chapter 7?
(a) His inheritance.
(b) A girl named Maria.
(c) Love.
(d) Religion and renouncing faith.

3. What is the name of the woman who Mitya is leaving his fiancé for?
(a) Marfa.
(b) Katarina.
(c) Grushenka.
(d) Lizaveta.

4. Whose story is told in Book 3, Chapter 6?
(a) Alyosha.
(b) Ilyusha.
(c) Ivan.
(d) Smerdyakov.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Zosima's body placed in after he has passed away?

3. What begins to happen with the Elder's dead body much sooner than normal?

4. How many years had the man abandoned Grushenka for, who sends her a message in Part 3?

5. What does Smerdyakov suffer in Book 5, Chapter 7?

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