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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Where does Ilyusha's doctor say he must go in order to be saved from his illness?
(a) Rome.
(b) Florence.
(c) Paris.
(d) Sicily.

4. What does the jury give as their judgment in Mitya's trial?
(a) Guilty of murder only.
(b) Not guilty on every count.
(c) Guilty of theft only.
(d) Guilty on every count.

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

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

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

8. 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.

9. What is Madame Khokhlakov sick in bed with in Book 11?
(a) A bad foot.
(b) A broken leg.
(c) A broken arm.
(d) A head injury.

10. How is the courthouse described at the beginning of Mitya's trial?
(a) Filled with only family.
(b) Empty.
(c) Packed.
(d) Sparsely filled.

11. What does Lise tell Alyosha that she feels when she reads horrible things?
(a) Becomes angry.
(b) Cries.
(c) Becomes sad.
(d) Takes pleasure in it.

12. Who becomes loud and angry and is warned by the judge to stay in bounds in Book 12, Chapter 14?
(a) Fetyukovitch.
(b) Krassotkin.
(c) Kirillovich.
(d) Makarov.

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

14. What does Ivan begin raving about after hearing voices at the end of Book 11?
(a) A demon.
(b) God.
(c) Jesus.
(d) The devil.

15. What reason does Mitya give for not telling the police all of the details when being questioned in Part 3, Book 9?
(a) He doesn't feel like it.
(b) He is too proud.
(c) It's none of their business.
(d) They are private.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Mitya claim he had been carrying the money he had received from Katarina?

2. Who is the first person called to testify from Mitya's family during his trial?

3. How does Smerdyakov kill himself?

4. Who cries after Ilyusha's doctor leaves in Part 4, Book 10?

5. What illness is Illyusha suffering from?

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