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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. What does the prosecutor say the defense has only presented in Book 12, Chapter 14?
(a) Quotes.
(b) Poems.
(c) Songs.
(d) Riddles.

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

3. What does a town doctor say he remembers buying Mitya when he was a little boy during the trial?
(a) A napsack.
(b) A book.
(c) A pound of nuts.
(d) A handkerchief.

4. What does Mitya ask the court for in Book 12, Chapter 14?
(a) Forgiveness.
(b) Help.
(c) A guilty verdict.
(d) Mercy.

5. Who confesses to Ivan that he killed Fyodor?
(a) Alyosha.
(b) Mitya.
(c) Rakitin.
(d) Smerdyakov.

Short Answer 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?

2. What does Ivan present from his pocket during his testimony in Mitya's trial?

3. What gift does Kolya give to Illyusha when he visits him in Part 4?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the nature of Alyosha and Grushenka's discussion in Part 4, Book 11, Chapter 1?

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. Why does the court refute the possibility of Smerdyakov killing Fyodor in Part 4, Book 12, Chapter 9?

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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