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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose lap does Grushenka sit on in Book 7, Chapter 2?
(a) Ilyusha's.
(b) Alyosha's.
(c) Mitya's.
(d) Ivan's.

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

3. How does the man that Mitya hurt in the bar react at first after Alyosha offers him some money?
(a) He is excited.
(b) He is angry.
(c) He is confused.
(d) He is sad.

4. What is Zosima's body placed in after he has passed away?
(a) On a board.
(b) On the ground.
(c) In a bed.
(d) An open coffin.

5. 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.

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

7. What is the name of Mitya's fiancé that he is abandoning for another woman?
(a) Marfa.
(b) Grushenka.
(c) Katarina.
(d) Lizaveta.

8. How much money did Katarina give to Mitya after they became engaged?
(a) 3,000 rubles.
(b) 1,000 rubles.
(c) 2,000 rubles.
(d) 500 rubles.

9. What is the name of the man that Mitya hurt in a bar?
(a) Rakitin.
(b) Captain Snegiryov.
(c) Ippolit.
(d) Smerdyakov.

10. Who stirs from his bed and realizes the garden gate to Fyodor's house is open in Part 3?
(a) Grigory.
(b) Smerdyakov.
(c) Ivan.
(d) Alyosha.

11. What is the name of the monk who is an opponent of Zosima?
(a) Pytor.
(b) Ferapont.
(c) Alyosha.
(d) Mussyalovitch.

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

13. What did Ivan write an article about that gains wide acceptance and makes him famous?
(a) Russian society.
(b) Ecclesiastical courts.
(c) The law.
(d) The church.

14. How many sons does Fyodor have from his marriages?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.

15. Where do Fyodor and his friends find the insane woman who roamed about town in Book 3, Chapter 2?
(a) In a boardinghouse.
(b) In a pub.
(c) On the riverbank.
(d) On a curb.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Alyosha read a letter from at the end of Part 1?

2. What Biblical miracle does Alyosha envision at Zosima's coffin?

3. Who does Mitya go to see at the beginning of Book 8, Chapter 2?

4. What is the name of the woman who is insane and roamed about town in the book?

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

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