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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where is Mitya planning on escaping to after his trial?
(a) Italy.
(b) Portugal.
(c) France.
(d) America.

3. What gift does Kolya give to Illyusha when he visits him in Part 4?
(a) A cat.
(b) A toy cannon.
(c) A bear.
(d) A dog.

4. Who does Grushenka tell Alyosha that she believes Mitya has a secret with?
(a) Fyodor.
(b) Ivan.
(c) Katarina.
(d) Rakitin.

5. Who does Ivan speak wildly about during his testimony in Mitya's trial?
(a) The devil.
(b) Jesus.
(c) God.
(d) Hitler.

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

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

8. Who does the person who killed Fyodor say he did it for?
(a) Alyosha.
(b) Katarina.
(c) Ivan.
(d) Mitya.

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

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

11. How much money does Katarina say Mitya had loaned her family years ago during his trial?
(a) 5,000 rubles.
(b) 3,000 rubles.
(c) 4,000 rubles.
(d) 1,000 rubles.

12. Whose oration does the audience applaud at the end of Mitya's trial?
(a) Mitya's.
(b) The prosecutor's.
(c) The defense attorney's.
(d) The judge's.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do police determine that Mitya should be taken back to and the investigation continued?

2. Who does Alyosha go to meet in at the beginning of the Epilogue?

3. Who is not sympathetic to the prosecuting attorney when he objects the defense's final speech?

4. Who does the defense lawyer plead with the jury that they consider as the murderer during his final speech in Mitya's trial?

5. How is the courthouse described at the beginning of Mitya's trial?

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