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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Mitya go to see to convince to give him some money in Book 8, Chapter 1?
(a) Maximov.
(b) Rakitin.
(c) Kuzma Samsonov.
(d) Ippolit.

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

3. What is the name of the bar that Alyosha finds Mitya and Ivan meeting at in Part 2?
(a) Metropolis.
(b) San Caravel.
(c) Brown Palace.
(d) Blue Room.

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

5. Who is waiting to have an audience with Zosima at the beginning of Book 2, Chapter 3?
(a) Marfa.
(b) Lizavetta.
(c) Madame Khokhlakov.
(d) Grushenka.

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

7. 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.

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

9. How does the man that Mitya visits in Book 8, Chapter 2 appear to be?
(a) Drunk.
(b) Stupid.
(c) Insane.
(d) Ill.

10. Where do Fyodor and his friends find the insane woman who roamed about town in Book 3, Chapter 2?
(a) In a pub.
(b) On the riverbank.
(c) On a curb.
(d) In a boardinghouse.

11. Who peeks through a door and looks at Alyosha in Book 4, Chapter 4?
(a) Lizaveta.
(b) Lise.
(c) Marfa.
(d) Katarina.

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

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

14. What is the name of the woman who Mitya is leaving his fiancé for?
(a) Grushenka.
(b) Lizaveta.
(c) Katarina.
(d) Marfa.

15. Who is said to be pursuing Mitya's fiancee now that he has begun fancying someone else?
(a) Ivan.
(b) Smerdyakov.
(c) Fyodor.
(d) Alyosha.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Zosima say is the only thing that prevents someone from committing a crime in Book 2, Chapter 5?

2. How many boys does Alyosha see throwing rocks at another boy in the book?

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

4. Who does Alyosha leave his father looking for at the beginning of Book 4, Chapter 3?

5. Who does Alyosha read a letter from at the end of Part 1?

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