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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do one of Katarina's maids give to Alyosha in Book 3, Chapter 10?
(a) An amulet.
(b) A bag.
(c) A sealed letter.
(d) A locket.

2. What did Ivan write an article about that gains wide acceptance and makes him famous?
(a) Ecclesiastical courts.
(b) Russian society.
(c) The church.
(d) The law.

3. How many sons does Fyodor have from his marriages?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

4. What does Smerdyakov express opinions about in Book 3, Chapter 7?
(a) Religion and renouncing faith.
(b) Love.
(c) His inheritance.
(d) A girl named Maria.

5. What is the name of Grushenka's maid?
(a) Marfa.
(b) Fenya.
(c) Lizaveta.
(d) Katarina.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Mitya's fiancé that he is abandoning for another woman?

2. What does Fyodor make wild accusations against at the end of Book 2, Chapter 8?

3. What does Mitya tell Alyosha that he did to Katarina's family to get her to marry him?

4. What does Katarina announce that she is going to devote her life to do in regards to Mitya in Book 5, Chapter 5?

5. What is the name of a monk that Alyosha has great respect for?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Fyodor say he is afraid of regarding Grushenka in Part 2, Book 4, Chapter 2?

2. What does Zosima say in regards to the separation of church and state in Part 1, Book 2, Chapter 5?

3. How are Fyodor's actions described after the death of his second wife at the beginning of the book?

4. How does Mitya act when he arrives to see Grushenka at a tavern in Part 3, Book 8, Chapter 7?

5. What does Mitya confess he did with the money Katarina gave to him in Part 1, Book 3, Chapter 5?

6. How does Zosima appear when Alyosha visits him in Part 2, Book 6, Chapter 1?

7. What happened to the child Stinking Lizavetta in Part 1, Book 3, Chapter 2?

8. What is the nature of the poem Ivan says in Part 2, Book 5, Chapter 5?

9. How is Smerdyakov described in Part 1, Book 3, Chapter 6?

10. Why does Mitya burst into the house in Part 1, Book 3, Chapter 9?

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