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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 the prosecutor bring up the possibility of killing Fyodor, but dismisses it because of medical reasons?

2. Who goes to the witness stand in Mitya's trial after Alyosha?

3. What does the defense attorney suggest Fyodor was not in terms of a father during his speech in Mitya's trial?

4. What does the prosecutor say the defense has only presented in Book 12, Chapter 14?

5. Whose story is told in Book 10, Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. What points of contention does the defense lawyer introduce in Part 4, Book 12, Chapter 11?

2. What is the nature of the discussion between Ivan and Smerdyakov in Part 4, Book 11, Chapter 6?

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

4. What does Smerdyakov confess to Ivan in Part 4, Book 11, Chapter 8?

5. How is Grushenka's testimony in Mitya's trial described?

6. How does the audience react while the jurors go into deliberation in Mitya's trial?

7. What does Alyosha discover about a secret between Mitya and Ivan in Part 4, Book 11, Chapter 4?

8. How do Pyotr and Madame Khokhalakov act towards each other when they first meet?

9. How does Mitya react when the police make him take off his clothes for examination?

10. How are Fetyukovich's attempts to accuse Smerdyakov received in Part 4, Book 12, Chapter 12?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the effects Smerdyakov's suicide had on the characters. What is the possibility of Mitya being exonerated for his father's murder had Smerdyakov not committed suicide?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Examine the nature of Mitya's use of violence. What does Mitya's use of violence say about the nature of his character and his need for control?

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