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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 Kolya's dog?
(a) Maximov.
(b) Zhuchka.
(c) Marfa.
(d) Rakitin.

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

3. Who is Alyosha shocked to see that Katarina is in love with in the Epilogue?
(a) Mitya.
(b) Ivan.
(c) Ippolit.
(d) Himself.

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

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

6. 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) Rakitin.
(d) Ippolit.

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

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

9. Who does Grushenka say Mitya is obsessed with that is causing them problems in Book 11?
(a) Lizaveta.
(b) Katarina.
(c) Fyodor.
(d) Marfa.

10. Who confesses to Ivan that he killed Fyodor?
(a) Smerdyakov.
(b) Mitya.
(c) Rakitin.
(d) Alyosha.

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

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

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

14. Who cries after Ilyusha's doctor leaves in Part 4, Book 10?
(a) Kolya.
(b) The Captain.
(c) Alyosha.
(d) Ilyusha.

15. What does the prosecutor's speech appear to be to the peasants and Russians in the courtroom?
(a) Harmful.
(b) Rude.
(c) Mean.
(d) Condescending.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Ivan speak wildly about during his testimony in Mitya's trial?

2. Where does Ilyusha's doctor say he must go in order to be saved from his illness?

3. What does Mitya ask the court for in Book 12, Chapter 14?

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

5. What does Mitya claim he did not hit his father over the head with?

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