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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 name of a monk that Alyosha has great respect for?
2. Who does Mitya sell his dueling pistols to?
3. Who is said to be pursuing Mitya's fiancee now that he has begun fancying someone else?
4. What is the name of the woman who is insane and roamed about town in the book?
5. Who does Zosima get on his knees in front of in Book 2, Chapter 6?
Short Essay Questions
1. How are Katarina and Grushenka's actions towards each other described in Part 1, Book 3, Chapter 10?
2. What does Mitya do with his dueling pistols in Part 3, Book 8, Chapter 4?
3. What does Mitya do when Alyosha tells him of Grushenka's rudeness towards Katarina in Part 1, Book 3, Chapter 11?
4. What does Katarina ask Alyosha to do with 200 rubles in Part 2, Book 4, Chapter 5?
5. What is the nature of Ivan and Smerdyakov's conversation in Part 2, Book 5, Chapter 6?
6. How does Fyodor act while at the monastery to make himself endearing in Part 1, Book 2, Chapter 2?
7. How does Mitya act when he arrives to see Grushenka at a tavern in Part 3, Book 8, Chapter 7?
8. How are Fyodor's actions described after the death of his second wife at the beginning of the book?
9. What does Rakitin tell Alyosha when he runs into him in Part 1, Book 2, Chapter 7?
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
Discuss the role of manipulation in the book. How do characters like Grushenka and Fyodor use manipulation to accomplish their goals?
Essay Topic 2
Examine the nature of Ivan's insanity. What might the author be saying about the implications of going insane?
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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