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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. How many days since Mitya's trial had it been at the beginning of the Epilogue?
(a) 6.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.

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

3. How much money does Katarina say Mitya had loaned her family years ago during his trial?
(a) 4,000 rubles.
(b) 3,000 rubles.
(c) 5,000 rubles.
(d) 1,000 rubles.

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

5. What does Ivan want to know if Smerdyakov faked when he visits him in Book 11, Chapter 7?
(a) His niceness.
(b) His insanity.
(c) His epileptic fit.
(d) His quiet demeanor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lise smash in the door when Alyosha leaves from visiting her in Book 11?

2. What does the prosecutor begin his final speech talking about in Mitya's trial?

3. Where do police determine that Mitya should be taken back to and the investigation continued?

4. Who does Mitya believe he is being arrested for the murder of in Part 3?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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