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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mitya tell Alyosha that he did to Katarina's family to get her to marry him?
(a) Tricked them.
(b) Forced them.
(c) Blackmailed them.
(d) Bribed them.

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

3. What does Smerdyakov express opinions about in Book 3, Chapter 7?
(a) His inheritance.
(b) Love.
(c) A girl named Maria.
(d) Religion and renouncing faith.

4. What do the monks speak of involving Madame Khokhlakov's daughter and children at the beginning of Part 2?
(a) A miracle.
(b) An illness.
(c) A tragedy.
(d) A murder.

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

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

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

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

9. What does Katarina announce that she is going to devote her life to do in regards to Mitya in Book 5, Chapter 5?
(a) Make him famous.
(b) Make him a better man.
(c) Make him happy.
(d) Make him rich.

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

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

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

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

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

15. What does Fyodor behave as during the meeting with Zosima?
(a) A buffoon.
(b) A gentleman.
(c) He sleeps.
(d) He laughs too loudly.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the baby Lizaveta and Fyodor have?

2. What does Mitya say the Karamazov brothers share that creates storm within their souls?

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

4. Who does Mitya spend all of the money on that Katarina gave to him?

5. What is the name of the man that Mitya hurt in a bar?

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