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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 the prosecutor bring up the possibility of killing Fyodor, but dismisses it because of medical reasons?
(a) Smerdyakov.
(b) Ivan.
(c) Katarina.
(d) Grushenka.

2. How does Smerdyakov kill himself?
(a) Shoots himself.
(b) Hangs himself.
(c) Poisons himself.
(d) Drowns himself.

3. Who is thrown out of the courtroom along with Katarina during Mitya's trial?
(a) Marfa.
(b) Grushenka.
(c) Ivan.
(d) Alyosha.

4. What does Mitya claim he did not hit his father over the head with?
(a) A pestle.
(b) A hammer.
(c) A stick.
(d) A bat.

5. What does the prosecutor begin his final speech talking about in Mitya's trial?
(a) Russian society.
(b) French society.
(c) The Bible.
(d) The church.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Madame Khokhlakov sick in bed with in Book 11?

3. Who searches for Mitya at the beginning of Book 9, Chapter 1?

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

5. What is the name of Kolya's dog?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How is Kolya described when he is first seen in Part 4, Book 10, Chapter 1?

5. How does Mitya react when the police make him take off his clothes for examination?

6. What happens to Mitya after the police and prosecutors read his statement in Part 3, Book 9, Chapter 9?

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

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

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

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

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