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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. How old is Zosima the Elder?
2. What is the name of Mitya's fiancé that he is abandoning for another woman?
3. Whose house does Alyosha go to at the beginning of Book 4, Chapter 4?
4. How much money does Katarina give to Alyosha to offer to a man whom Mitya had hurt?
5. What does Zosima say is the only thing that prevents someone from committing a crime in Book 2, Chapter 5?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the nature of Fyodor's accusations at the end of Part 1, Book 2, Chapter 8?
2. How does Fyodor react when he learns Alyosha wishes to enter the monastery?
3. What does Mitya do when Alyosha tells him of Grushenka's rudeness towards Katarina in Part 1, Book 3, Chapter 11?
4. How are Fyodor's actions described after the death of his second wife at the beginning of the book?
5. How is Ivan's mental capacity described in Part 1, Book 1, Chapter 3?
6. What is the nature of the poem Ivan says in Part 2, Book 5, Chapter 5?
7. What does Rakitin tell Alyosha when he runs into him in Part 1, Book 2, Chapter 7?
8. What does Grushenka's Polish lover say to her in Part 3, Book 8, Chapter 7?
9. What does Alyosha witness between a group of boys in Part 2, Book 4, Chapter 3?
10. How does Fyodor act towards Stinking Lizavetta in Part 1, Book 3, Chapter 2?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the theme of man versus God theme. In what way does the author set up this theme with the representation of Ivan?
Essay Topic 2
Examine the nature of the inclusion of Zosima's teachings and recordings in the book. How might these recordings give spirituality and religion a voice?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the role of manipulation in the book. How do characters like Grushenka and Fyodor use manipulation to accomplish their goals?
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