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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 the monks speak of involving Madame Khokhlakov's daughter and children at the beginning of Part 2?
(a) An illness.
(b) A miracle.
(c) A murder.
(d) A tragedy.

2. What is Zosima's body placed in after he has passed away?
(a) An open coffin.
(b) On a board.
(c) In a bed.
(d) On the ground.

3. What did Mitya do to the man that he hurt in the bar that Katarina is giving money to?
(a) Hurt him.
(b) Cursed him.
(c) Hit him.
(d) Shamed him.

4. Who does Mitya hit first after smashing through the house in Book 3, Chapter 9?
(a) Fyodor.
(b) Grigory.
(c) Rakitin.
(d) Ivan.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the woman who Mitya is leaving his fiancé for?

2. What does Madame Khokhlakov make a huge fuss over regarding Alyosha in Book 4, Chapter 4?

3. What happens to the son of the man that Mitya hurt in a bar when he is at school?

4. What does Mitya say the Karamazov brothers share that creates storm within their souls?

5. Who does Alyosha read a letter from at the end of Part 1?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the nature of Ivan and Smerdyakov's conversation in Part 2, Book 5, Chapter 6?

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

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

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

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

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

8. What does Mitya do when Alyosha tells him of Grushenka's rudeness towards Katarina in Part 1, Book 3, Chapter 11?

9. Why does Mitya go to the local grocers in Part 3, Book 8, Chapter 5?

10. What is Alyosha deeply disturbed by regarding his meeting with Zosima in Part 1, Book 2, Chapter 1?

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