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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 Kolya take his dog to go meet that was one of the boys throwing rocks at another boy?
(a) Ippolit.
(b) Marfa.
(c) Rakitin.
(d) Smurov.

2. What is the name of the local district commissioner of Police that Pyotr visits?
(a) Michael Makarov.
(b) Kuzma Samsonov.
(c) Ilyusha Snegiryov.
(d) Mikhail Makarovich Kakarov.

3. What does Lise tell Alyosha that she feels when she reads horrible things?
(a) Takes pleasure in it.
(b) Becomes angry.
(c) Cries.
(d) Becomes sad.

4. Who does Grushenka say Mitya is obsessed with that is causing them problems in Book 11?
(a) Marfa.
(b) Fyodor.
(c) Lizaveta.
(d) Katarina.

5. Who is not sympathetic to the prosecuting attorney when he objects the defense's final speech?
(a) The crowd.
(b) Mitya.
(c) The judge.
(d) The jury.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Smerdyakov kill himself?

2. What does the defense attorney suggest that Mitya has not been allowed during his final speech?

3. Who does Katarina show Alyosha a letter from in Book 11, Chapter 7?

4. What does the defense attorney suggest Fyodor was not in terms of a father during his speech in Mitya's trial?

5. What does Mitya agree to being guilty of at the beginning of his trial?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the nature of Ivan's testimony in Mitya's trial?

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

3. Why does the court refute the possibility of Smerdyakov killing Fyodor in Part 4, Book 12, Chapter 9?

4. How does the judge react when Kirillovich begins quoting from the Bible loudly during Mitya's trial?

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

6. What does Alyosha discover about a secret between Mitya and Ivan in Part 4, Book 11, Chapter 4?

7. What does Smerdyakov confess to Ivan in Part 4, Book 11, Chapter 8?

8. How is Grushenka's testimony in Mitya's trial described?

9. What does Mitya agree to being guilty of at the beginning of his trial?

10. What is the nature of Alyosha and Grushenka's discussion in Part 4, Book 11, Chapter 1?

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