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

2. Where is the tavern Mitya arrives at in search of Grushenka?
(a) St. Petersburgh.
(b) Chita.
(c) Moscow.
(d) Mokroye.

3. Who is said to be pursuing Mitya's fiancee now that he has begun fancying someone else?
(a) Fyodor.
(b) Ivan.
(c) Alyosha.
(d) Smerdyakov.

4. What is the name of Alyosha's guardian?
(a) Mitya.
(b) Ivan.
(c) Miusov.
(d) Fyodor.

5. What is the name of a monk that Alyosha has great respect for?
(a) Zosima.
(b) Kolya.
(c) Fyodor.
(d) Ivan.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Katarina and Grushenka act like when Alyosha visits them in Part 1?

2. How many times has Fyodor been married?

3. What begins to happen with the Elder's dead body much sooner than normal?

4. Who stirs from his bed and realizes the garden gate to Fyodor's house is open in Part 3?

5. What is the name of the girl that Smerdyakov plays his instrument for?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What is the nature of Fyodor's accusations at the end of Part 1, Book 2, Chapter 8?

10. How does Fyodor act towards Stinking Lizavetta in Part 1, Book 3, Chapter 2?

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