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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose story is told in Book 10, Chapter 1?
(a) Smerdyakov.
(b) Kolya.
(c) Ilyusha.
(d) Ippolit.

2. How much do police estimate Mitya spent in Mokroye?
(a) 1,500 rubles.
(b) 500 rubles.
(c) 2,000 rubles.
(d) 3,000 rubles.

3. Who is not sympathetic to the prosecuting attorney when he objects the defense's final speech?
(a) The jury.
(b) The crowd.
(c) Mitya.
(d) The judge.

4. What is Grushenka's old Polish lover asking her for during Mitya's trial?
(a) Money.
(b) Sex.
(c) Drink.
(d) Food.

5. What does Ivan present from his pocket during his testimony in Mitya's trial?
(a) 100 rubles.
(b) 500 rubles.
(c) 3,000 rubles.
(d) 2,000 rubles.

6. Who does Ivan go to see when he returns from Moscow in Book 11, Chapter 7?
(a) Maximov.
(b) Smerdyakov.
(c) Mitya.
(d) Alyosha.

7. What does Mitya cry out that Katarina has done to him after she testifies in his trial?
(a) Hurt him.
(b) Made him happy.
(c) Humored him.
(d) Ruined him.

8. What has Lise abandoned when Alyosha visits her in Book 11?
(a) Her bed.
(b) Her clothes.
(c) Her confines.
(d) Her wheelchair.

9. How old is the girl that Kolya is charged with watching that adores him?
(a) 11.
(b) 10.
(c) 9.
(d) 8.

10. Where does Mitya claim he had been carrying the money he had received from Katarina?
(a) In his pocket.
(b) A napsack.
(c) A purse.
(d) An amulet.

11. What does the audience say they believe should be the verdict in Mitya's trial while the jurors go into deliberation?
(a) Acquitted.
(b) Sentenced to a few years.
(c) Sentenced to life.
(d) Killed.

12. How many days since Mitya's trial had it been at the beginning of the Epilogue?
(a) 5.
(b) 6.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

13. Who is said to be a known suitor of Madame Khokhlakov?
(a) Grigory.
(b) Pytor.
(c) Ippolit.
(d) Ivan.

14. Which of the following things do Kolya and Alyosha not talk about in Book 10, Chapter 6?
(a) Friends.
(b) Their friendships.
(c) Love.
(d) Education.

15. Who does the prosecutor bring up the possibility of killing Fyodor, but dismisses it because of medical reasons?
(a) Grushenka.
(b) Ivan.
(c) Smerdyakov.
(d) Katarina.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Grushenka say Mitya is obsessed with that is causing them problems in Book 11?

2. What does the defense do to each of the witnesses presented by the prosecution in an effective way?

3. Who does Kolya take his dog to go meet that was one of the boys throwing rocks at another boy?

4. Who confesses to Ivan that he killed Fyodor?

5. What is the name of the local district commissioner of Police that Pyotr visits?

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