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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 a monk that Alyosha has great respect for?
(a) Kolya.
(b) Zosima.
(c) Fyodor.
(d) Ivan.

2. Who does Mitya spend all of the money on that Katarina gave to him?
(a) Marfa.
(b) Anna.
(c) Grushenka.
(d) Lizaveta.

3. How old is Zosima the Elder?
(a) 70.
(b) 50.
(c) 65.
(d) 55.

4. Who does Zosima get on his knees in front of in Book 2, Chapter 6?
(a) Ivan.
(b) Alyosha.
(c) Mitya.
(d) Fyodor.

5. After how many days after having his vision at Zosima's coffin does Alyosha leave the monastery?
(a) 5.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Mitya go to see at the beginning of Book 8, Chapter 2?

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

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

4. What does Fyodor begin a life of after the death of his last wife?

5. Where is the tavern Mitya arrives at in search of Grushenka?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What does Alyosha witness between a group of boys in Part 2, Book 4, Chapter 3?

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

10. What does Rakitin tell Alyosha when he runs into him in Part 1, Book 2, Chapter 7?

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