View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do police determine that Mitya should be taken back to and the investigation continued?
(a) The village.
(b) Moscow.
(c) St. Petersburgh.
(d) Chita.

2. What does the prosecutor begin his final speech talking about in Mitya's trial?
(a) Russian society.
(b) French society.
(c) The Bible.
(d) The church.

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

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

5. Who does Kolya take his dog to go meet that was one of the boys throwing rocks at another boy?
(a) Marfa.
(b) Smurov.
(c) Ippolit.
(d) Rakitin.

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

7. Who is Alyosha planning to meet with to discuss Mitya's planned escape at the beginning of the Epilogue?
(a) Rakitin.
(b) Grushenka.
(c) Ivan.
(d) Katarina.

8. What does the defense lawyer introduce as a new point of contention in his final speech in regards to Fyodor's empty envelope?
(a) Fyodor was a bad person.
(b) That there was no proof of money being in the envelope.
(c) Fyodor wasn't rich.
(d) Mitya was in another city.

9. What does Lise smash in the door when Alyosha leaves from visiting her in Book 11?
(a) Her finger.
(b) Alyosha's toe.
(c) Her toe.
(d) Alyosha's finger.

10. For how long does Mitya say he had been carrying around the money he received from Katarina during his interrogation?
(a) 2 months.
(b) A week.
(c) A month.
(d) 3 weeks.

11. Who searches for Mitya at the beginning of Book 9, Chapter 1?
(a) Alyosha.
(b) Pyotr Ilyich.
(c) Smerdyakov.
(d) Ivan.

12. What does a town doctor say he remembers buying Mitya when he was a little boy during the trial?
(a) A napsack.
(b) A pound of nuts.
(c) A book.
(d) A handkerchief.

13. Who does Mitya believe he is being arrested for the murder of in Part 3?
(a) Alyosha.
(b) Ivan.
(c) Grushenka.
(d) Grigory.

14. What does the defense attorney suggest Fyodor was not in terms of a father during his speech in Mitya's trial?
(a) Nice.
(b) Supportive.
(c) Ideal.
(d) Good.

15. Who is thrown out of the courtroom along with Katarina during Mitya's trial?
(a) Alyosha.
(b) Ivan.
(c) Marfa.
(d) Grushenka.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is said to be a known suitor of Madame Khokhlakov?

2. What does Ivan present from his pocket during his testimony in Mitya's trial?

3. What reason does Mitya give for not telling the police all of the details when being questioned in Part 3, Book 9?

4. Whose oration does the audience applaud at the end of Mitya's trial?

5. How much money does Katarina say Mitya had loaned her family years ago during his trial?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 453 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample