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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. What is the neighborhood not able to tell about Smerdyakov based on his demeanor and appearance?

2. What does Smerdyakov suffer in Book 5, Chapter 7?

3. What is the man Mitya hurt in a bar overcome by that causes him to refuse the money offered to him by Alyosha?

4. Who stirs from his bed and realizes the garden gate to Fyodor's house is open in Part 3?

5. What does Madame Khokhlakov make a huge fuss over regarding Alyosha in Book 4, Chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Mitya go to the local grocers in Part 3, Book 8, Chapter 5?

2. What happened to the child Stinking Lizavetta in Part 1, Book 3, Chapter 2?

3. What does Mitya do when Alyosha tells him of Grushenka's rudeness towards Katarina in Part 1, Book 3, Chapter 11?

4. Describe Mitya's actions at the beginning of Part 1, Book 3, Chapter 3?

5. What is the nature of Fyodor's accusations at the end of Part 1, Book 2, Chapter 8?

6. What does Rakitin tell Alyosha when he runs into him in Part 1, Book 2, Chapter 7?

7. What does Grushenka's Polish lover say to her in Part 3, Book 8, Chapter 7?

8. How are Katarina and Grushenka's actions towards each other described in Part 1, Book 3, Chapter 10?

9. What does Zosima say in regards to the separation of church and state in Part 1, Book 2, Chapter 5?

10. What is the nature of Alyosha's vision that he has while at Zosima's coffin?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Examine the character Mitya. What about the nature of this character suggests that he will be the downfall of the Karamazov family?

Essay Topic 3

Examine the controversy surrounding the presentation of Zosima's dead body. What about the description of Zosima's body is telling of the religious traditions of the time period?

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