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

2. Who is waiting to have an audience with Zosima at the beginning of Book 2, Chapter 3?
(a) Grushenka.
(b) Marfa.
(c) Madame Khokhlakov.
(d) Lizavetta.

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

4. Who is Mitya accused of murdering in Part 3?
(a) Alyosha.
(b) Fyodor.
(c) Ivan.
(d) Zosima.

5. What does Zosima say is the only thing that prevents someone from committing a crime in Book 2, Chapter 5?
(a) Christ's law.
(b) Russia.
(c) Humanity.
(d) A conscience.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Ivan supposed to close a deal for his father in Book 5, Chapter 7?

2. Who is also in love with Grushenka in the Karamazov family?

3. How many times has Fyodor been married?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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