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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. 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 rich.
(b) Make him happy.
(c) Make him famous.
(d) Make him a better man.

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

6. Who does Madame Khokhlakov insist on talking with at the end of Book 4, Chapter 4?
(a) Ivan and Mitya.
(b) Lise and Alyosha.
(c) Katarina and Ivan.
(d) Mitya and Katarina.

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

8. Whose house does Alyosha go to at the beginning of Book 4, Chapter 4?
(a) Katarina.
(b) Madame Khokhlakov.
(c) Marfa.
(d) Anna.

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

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

11. Who is Mitya accused of murdering in Part 3?
(a) Fyodor.
(b) Alyosha.
(c) Ivan.
(d) Zosima.

12. Where does Mitya go after Alyosha tells him of Katarina and Grushenka's interactions in Book 3, Chapter 10?
(a) Fyodor's house.
(b) Grushenka's house.
(c) Ivan's house.
(d) Grigory's house.

13. What happens to the son of the man that Mitya hurt in a bar when he is at school?
(a) Talked about.
(b) Ridiculed.
(c) Laughed at.
(d) Beaten up.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Madame Khokhlakov make a huge fuss over regarding Alyosha in Book 4, Chapter 4?

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

3. What is the name of the girl that Smerdyakov plays his instrument for?

4. What do Ivan and Fyodor become after Ivan comes home to confront him?

5. Where do Fyodor and his friends find the insane woman who roamed about town in Book 3, Chapter 2?

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