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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 is the name of the bar that Alyosha finds Mitya and Ivan meeting at in Part 2?
(a) Brown Palace.
(b) Metropolis.
(c) San Caravel.
(d) Blue Room.

2. What is the name of the man that Mitya hurt in a bar?
(a) Smerdyakov.
(b) Ippolit.
(c) Captain Snegiryov.
(d) Rakitin.

3. Who do Madame Khokhlakov and her daughter reveal they have come to visit in Book 2, Chapter 4?
(a) Ivan.
(b) Rakitin.
(c) Mitya.
(d) Alyosha.

4. What does Mitya say the Karamazov brothers share that creates storm within their souls?
(a) A tornado.
(b) A deep desire.
(c) A sensual insect.
(d) A murderous intent.

5. What is the name of the woman who is insane and roamed about town in the book?
(a) Grushenka.
(b) Lizavetta.
(c) Katarina.
(d) Marfa.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Mitya spend all of the money on that Katarina gave to him?

2. Who does Mitya go to see to convince to give him some money in Book 8, Chapter 1?

3. Who does Madame Khokhlakov insist on talking with at the end of Book 4, Chapter 4?

4. How does the man that Mitya visits in Book 8, Chapter 2 appear to be?

5. Who does Mitya hit first after smashing through the house in Book 3, Chapter 9?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Grushenka's Polish lover say to her in Part 3, Book 8, Chapter 7?

3. How are Katarina and Grushenka's actions towards each other described in Part 1, Book 3, Chapter 10?

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

5. What does Captain Sneigiryov and Alyosha talk about regarding the Captain's son in Part 2, Book 4, Chapter 6?

6. Describe Mitya's actions at the beginning of Part 1, Book 3, Chapter 3?

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

8. What does Mitya do with his dueling pistols in Part 3, Book 8, Chapter 4?

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

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

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