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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Zosima say is the only thing that prevents someone from committing a crime in Book 2, Chapter 5?
(a) Christ's law.
(b) Russia.
(c) Humanity.
(d) A conscience.

3. Who does Mitya hit first after smashing through the house in Book 3, Chapter 9?
(a) Rakitin.
(b) Ivan.
(c) Fyodor.
(d) Grigory.

4. Where is the tavern Mitya arrives at in search of Grushenka?
(a) Mokroye.
(b) St. Petersburgh.
(c) Moscow.
(d) Chita.

5. Who does Mitya believe has come and hidden in Fyodor's home in Book 3, Chapter 8?
(a) Ivan.
(b) Grushenka.
(c) Kolya.
(d) Katarina.

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

7. How many years had the man abandoned Grushenka for, who sends her a message in Part 3?
(a) 6.
(b) 5.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

8. Who does Mitya sell his dueling pistols to?
(a) Ivan.
(b) Maximov.
(c) Grigory.
(d) Pyotr Illyich.

9. Who does Fyodor ask about when he awakes in Book 3, Chapter 9?
(a) Grushenka.
(b) Alyosha.
(c) Katarina.
(d) Ivan.

10. What is the man Mitya hurt in a bar overcome by that causes him to refuse the money offered to him by Alyosha?
(a) Pride.
(b) Anger.
(c) Fury.
(d) Passion.

11. What does Fyodor make the child that he has with Lizaveta?
(a) A butler.
(b) A cook.
(c) His son.
(d) A servant.

12. What is the name of the servant whose story is told in Book 3, Chapter 1?
(a) Rakitin.
(b) Smerdyakov.
(c) Ivan.
(d) Grigory.

13. Who does Alyosha leave his father looking for at the beginning of Book 4, Chapter 3?
(a) Ivan.
(b) Ilyusha.
(c) Smerdyakov.
(d) Mitya.

14. What do Katarina and Grushenka act like when Alyosha visits them in Part 1?
(a) Lovers.
(b) Old friends.
(c) Enemies.
(d) Acquaintances.

15. What does Fyodor say is the reason he is babbling during the meeting with the Elder?
(a) To show his power.
(b) To make himself endearing.
(c) To be annoying.
(d) To show his support.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much money did Katarina give to Mitya after they became engaged?

2. Whose story is told in Book 3, Chapter 6?

3. What does Mitya tell Alyosha that he did to Katarina's family to get her to marry him?

4. What is the neighborhood not able to tell about Smerdyakov based on his demeanor and appearance?

5. Who stirs from his bed and realizes the garden gate to Fyodor's house is open in Part 3?

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