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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 a monk that Alyosha has great respect for?
(a) Ivan.
(b) Kolya.
(c) Fyodor.
(d) Zosima.

2. 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 a better man.
(c) Make him famous.
(d) Make him happy.

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

4. What is the name of Alyosha's guardian?
(a) Ivan.
(b) Miusov.
(c) Mitya.
(d) Fyodor.

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

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

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

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

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

10. 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) Work on the railroad.
(b) Find gold mines.
(c) Run a shop.
(d) Build houses.

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

12. How many times has Fyodor been married?
(a) 2 times.
(b) Once.
(c) 4 times.
(d) 3 times.

13. What is the name of the girl that Smerdyakov plays his instrument for?
(a) Katarina.
(b) Grushenka.
(c) Maria.
(d) Marfa.

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

15. Who does Mitya go to see at the beginning of Book 8, Chapter 2?
(a) Grigory.
(b) Lyagavy.
(c) Rakitin.
(d) Maximov.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who has not arrived for the meeting with the Elder in Part 1, Book 2, Chapter 1?

2. What is Alyosha deeply disturbed about that might happen to Zosima during the meeting with him and Fyodor?

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

4. Who does Alyosha say he wishes would marry Katarina in Book 3, Chapter 5?

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

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