View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does the defense lawyer plead with the jury that they consider as the murderer during his final speech in Mitya's trial?
(a) Alyosha.
(b) Ivan.
(c) Smerdyakov.
(d) Grushenka.

2. How is the courthouse described at the beginning of Mitya's trial?
(a) Sparsely filled.
(b) Filled with only family.
(c) Packed.
(d) Empty.

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

4. Who becomes loud and angry and is warned by the judge to stay in bounds in Book 12, Chapter 14?
(a) Kirillovich.
(b) Krassotkin.
(c) Makarov.
(d) Fetyukovitch.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is called in but found that their opinions are useless in Mitya's trial?

3. How does Smerdyakov kill himself?

4. What does the prosecutor's speech appear to be to the peasants and Russians in the courtroom?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 661 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample