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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 the defense attorney suggest that Mitya has not been allowed during his final speech?
(a) Love.
(b) Responsibility.
(c) Honor.
(d) Hate.

2. Who is the first person called to testify from Mitya's family during his trial?
(a) Mitya.
(b) Ivan.
(c) Katarina.
(d) Alyosha.

3. Who cries after Ilyusha's doctor leaves in Part 4, Book 10?
(a) Kolya.
(b) Alyosha.
(c) Ilyusha.
(d) The Captain.

4. Who confesses to Ivan that he killed Fyodor?
(a) Alyosha.
(b) Mitya.
(c) Rakitin.
(d) Smerdyakov.

5. What has Lise abandoned when Alyosha visits her in Book 11?
(a) Her bed.
(b) Her wheelchair.
(c) Her clothes.
(d) Her confines.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Mitya planning on escaping to after his trial?

2. Who takes the witness stand after Katarina in the book?

3. What does the prosecutor suggest took over Mitya and caused him to kill his father?

4. Who does Kolya take his dog to go meet that was one of the boys throwing rocks at another boy?

5. Who does the defense lawyer plead with the jury that they consider as the murderer during his final speech in Mitya's trial?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mitya react just after he is arrested for the death of his father?

2. What points of contention does the defense lawyer introduce in Part 4, Book 12, Chapter 11?

3. How does the audience react while the jurors go into deliberation in Mitya's trial?

4. How does the defense attorney describe Fyodor in Part 4, Book 12, Chapter 13?

5. How do Pyotr and Madame Khokhalakov act towards each other when they first meet?

6. What is the nature of the voices Ivan hears in Part 4, Book 11, Chapter 9?

7. What is the nature of the discussion between Ivan and Smerdyakov in Part 4, Book 11, Chapter 6?

8. Describe Mitya's plea to the court in Part 4, Book 12, Chapter 14.

9. How are Fetyukovich's attempts to accuse Smerdyakov received in Part 4, Book 12, Chapter 12?

10. How is Lise described in Part 4, Book 11, Chapter 3?

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