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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 Mitya believe he is being arrested for the murder of in Part 3?
(a) Grushenka.
(b) Ivan.
(c) Grigory.
(d) Alyosha.

2. Where does Ilyusha's doctor say he must go in order to be saved from his illness?
(a) Sicily.
(b) Paris.
(c) Florence.
(d) Rome.

3. Who does Kolya take his dog to go meet that was one of the boys throwing rocks at another boy?
(a) Rakitin.
(b) Marfa.
(c) Ippolit.
(d) Smurov.

4. What does the prosecutor's speech appear to be to the peasants and Russians in the courtroom?
(a) Mean.
(b) Condescending.
(c) Rude.
(d) Harmful.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many days since Mitya's trial had it been at the beginning of the Epilogue?

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

3. What does Mitya claim he did not hit his father over the head with?

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

5. Who does Ivan speak wildly about during his testimony in Mitya's trial?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What happens when Katarina gives the judge her letter from Mitya during his trial?

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

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