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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Abstracts.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who confesses to Ivan that he killed Fyodor?
(a) Smerdyakov.
(b) Alyosha.
(c) Mitya.
(d) Rakitin.

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

3. Which of the following things is not at the party at the tavern where Mitya visits Grushenka?
(a) Women singing and dancing.
(b) Fighting.
(c) Drinking.
(d) Candles.

4. Who is waiting to have an audience with Zosima at the beginning of Book 2, Chapter 3?
(a) Marfa.
(b) Grushenka.
(c) Madame Khokhlakov.
(d) Lizavetta.

5. What does the defense lawyer introduce as a new point of contention in his final speech in regards to Fyodor's empty envelope?
(a) Mitya was in another city.
(b) That there was no proof of money being in the envelope.
(c) Fyodor wasn't rich.
(d) Fyodor was a bad person.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much money does Katarina give to Alyosha to offer to a man whom Mitya had hurt?

2. What does the jury give as their judgment in Mitya's trial?

3. Who does the prosecutor bring up the possibility of killing Fyodor, but dismisses it because of medical reasons?

4. Who does Mitya talk to about his soul and asks him to forgive all his sins?

5. Which of the following things do Kolya and Alyosha not talk about in Book 10, Chapter 6?

(see the answer key)

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