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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. Who does Alyosha read a letter from at the end of Part 1?

2. Whose lap does Grushenka sit on in Book 7, Chapter 2?

3. What is the name of the woman who Mitya is leaving his fiancé for?

4. Whose house does Alyosha go to at the beginning of Book 4, Chapter 4?

5. Where do Fyodor and his friends find the insane woman who roamed about town in Book 3, Chapter 2?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Fyodor say he is afraid of regarding Grushenka in Part 2, Book 4, Chapter 2?

5. How does Fyodor act towards Stinking Lizavetta in Part 1, Book 3, Chapter 2?

6. What does Katarina ask Alyosha to do with 200 rubles in Part 2, Book 4, Chapter 5?

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

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

9. How does Zosima appear when Alyosha visits him in Part 2, Book 6, Chapter 1?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

One of the main themes presented in the book is the dynamic of the father-son relationship. Part 1.) In what way is the father-son relationship portrayed abnormally in the book? Part 2.) What might the author be saying about the importance of being a good father based on the outcome of Fyodor's fate in the book? Part 3.) What reason does the author have for portraying a more realistic and normal father-son dynamic in Ilyusha and the Captain?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast Alyosha and Mitya. What about the differences in these characters suggest who the protagonist will be?

Essay Topic 3

Examine the character Fyodor in the book. In what way does the author set up this character to be hated and not sympathized?

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