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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Who does Mitya talk to about his soul and asks him to forgive all his sins?
(a) The bartender.
(b) The coachman.
(c) Grushenka.
(d) The bellhop.

5. Which person is not at the table with Grushenka when Mitya arrives at the tavern?
(a) A Polish officer.
(b) Kalganov.
(c) Moxima.
(d) Alyosha.

6. Who does Fyodor say is the only son he loves?
(a) Ivan.
(b) Smerdyakov.
(c) Mitya.
(d) Alyosha.

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

8. Where is Ivan supposed to close a deal for his father in Book 5, Chapter 7?
(a) Magadan.
(b) St. Petersburgh.
(c) Chermashnya.
(d) Moscow.

9. Who does Alyosha read a letter from at the end of Part 1?
(a) Grushenka.
(b) Lise.
(c) Katarina.
(d) Marfa.

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

11. What does Mitya spout joyously in Book 3, Chapter 3?
(a) A story.
(b) Poetry.
(c) Quotes from the Bible.
(d) A song.

12. What does Fyodor begin a life of after the death of his last wife?
(a) He beat his sons.
(b) Womanizing and drinking.
(c) He became a recluse.
(d) Praying.

13. What do one of Katarina's maids give to Alyosha in Book 3, Chapter 10?
(a) A locket.
(b) A bag.
(c) A sealed letter.
(d) An amulet.

14. What do Ivan and Fyodor become after Ivan comes home to confront him?
(a) Great friends.
(b) Enemies.
(c) Acquaintances.
(d) They stop speaking.

15. How old is Zosima the Elder?
(a) 70.
(b) 65.
(c) 55.
(d) 50.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does the man that Mitya hurt in the bar react at first after Alyosha offers him some money?

3. What happens to the son of the man that Mitya hurt in a bar when he is at school?

4. After how many days after having his vision at Zosima's coffin does Alyosha leave the monastery?

5. Who does Mitya go to see to convince to give him some money in Book 8, Chapter 1?

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