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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. For how long does Mitya say he had been carrying around the money he received from Katarina during his interrogation?
(a) 3 weeks.
(b) A month.
(c) A week.
(d) 2 months.

2. How old is the girl that Kolya is charged with watching that adores him?
(a) 8.
(b) 10.
(c) 11.
(d) 9.

3. Who searches for Mitya at the beginning of Book 9, Chapter 1?
(a) Smerdyakov.
(b) Ivan.
(c) Pyotr Ilyich.
(d) Alyosha.

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

5. What does the defense attorney tell the jurors they are in charge of deciding in addition to the truth of Mitya's story?
(a) The social standards.
(b) The truth of Russia.
(c) Their own conscience.
(d) The fate of humanity.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is said to be a known suitor of Madame Khokhlakov?

2. How does the author describe Grushenka as being at the beginning of Book 11?

3. What illness is Illyusha suffering from?

4. Who does Grushenka tell Alyosha that she believes Mitya has a secret with?

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

2. How is Alyosha and Kolya's first interaction described?

3. How are the medical experts that are used in Mitya's trial described?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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