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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 tries to create doubt in the minds of the jurors in Book 12, Chapter 12?
(a) Rakitin.
(b) Kuzma.
(c) Ippolit.
(d) Fetyukovich.

2. Who is Alyosha planning to meet with to discuss Mitya's planned escape at the beginning of the Epilogue?
(a) Grushenka.
(b) Rakitin.
(c) Katarina.
(d) Ivan.

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

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

5. Whose oration does the audience applaud at the end of Mitya's trial?
(a) The defense attorney's.
(b) The prosecutor's.
(c) The judge's.
(d) Mitya's.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Lise tell Alyosha that she feels when she reads horrible things?

3. What does the defense lawyer introduce as a new point of contention in his final speech in regards to Fyodor's empty envelope?

4. What has Lise abandoned when Alyosha visits her in Book 11?

5. What does Kirillovich begin quoting from during Mitya's trial in Book 12, Chapter 14?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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