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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does the boy that had rocks thrown at him by a group of boys do to Alyosha after he stops them from beating him up?
(a) Slaps him.
(b) Punches him.
(c) Bites him.
(d) Kicks him.

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

5. What instrument does Smerdyakov play in the book?
(a) Piano.
(b) Guitar.
(c) Violin.
(d) Harmonica.

6. What is the first name of the father of the Karamazov family?
(a) Grigory.
(b) Maximov.
(c) Agrafena.
(d) Alexie.

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

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

9. What is the man Mitya hurt in a bar overcome by that causes him to refuse the money offered to him by Alyosha?
(a) Anger.
(b) Passion.
(c) Fury.
(d) Pride.

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

11. What is the neighborhood not able to tell about Smerdyakov based on his demeanor and appearance?
(a) What he will do.
(b) What he is thinking.
(c) How he will act.
(d) If he can talk.

12. What does Lizaveta harm herself on that causes her to die?
(a) A fence.
(b) In the fields.
(c) On a boat.
(d) She falls off a building.

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

14. What does Smerdyakov suffer in Book 5, Chapter 7?
(a) Epileptic fit.
(b) A fall.
(c) He is attacked.
(d) He breaks his foot.

15. What is the name of a monk that Alyosha has great respect for?
(a) Zosima.
(b) Ivan.
(c) Kolya.
(d) Fyodor.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the man that Mitya visits in Book 8, Chapter 2 appear to be?

2. Where does Ivan say he is going to leave to go the next day in Book 4, Chapter 5?

3. How many years had the man abandoned Grushenka for, who sends her a message in Part 3?

4. Whose story is told in Book 3, Chapter 6?

5. Who does Zosima get on his knees in front of in Book 2, Chapter 6?

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