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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 the woman who is insane and roamed about town in the book?
(a) Marfa.
(b) Grushenka.
(c) Lizavetta.
(d) Katarina.

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

3. What is the name of Grushenka's maid?
(a) Lizaveta.
(b) Fenya.
(c) Marfa.
(d) Katarina.

4. What Biblical miracle does Alyosha envision at Zosima's coffin?
(a) Baptizing someone.
(b) Turning water to wine.
(c) Walking on water.
(d) Feeding the hungry.

5. 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 a curb.
(d) On the riverbank.

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

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

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

9. What does Madame Khokhlakov tell Mitya that she has in mind for him to do that will make him a great man in Part 3?
(a) Find gold mines.
(b) Build houses.
(c) Work on the railroad.
(d) Run a shop.

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

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

12. Who has not arrived for the meeting with the Elder in Part 1, Book 2, Chapter 1?
(a) Ivan.
(b) Alyosha.
(c) Fyodor.
(d) Mitya.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of a monk that Alyosha has great respect for?

2. What do one of Katarina's maids give to Alyosha in Book 3, Chapter 10?

3. What does Katarina announce that she is going to devote her life to do in regards to Mitya in Book 5, Chapter 5?

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

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

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