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

2. What has Lise abandoned when Alyosha visits her in Book 11?

3. Who does Kolya take his dog to go meet that was one of the boys throwing rocks at another boy?

4. Who is thrown out of the courtroom along with Katarina during Mitya's trial?

5. What is Grushenka's old Polish lover asking her for during Mitya's trial?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How are the medical experts that are used in Mitya's trial described?

4. Describe Mitya's plea to the court in Part 4, Book 12, Chapter 14.

5. How is Kolya described when he is first seen in Part 4, Book 10, Chapter 1?

6. What happens when Katarina gives the judge her letter from Mitya during his trial?

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

8. How is Lise described in Part 4, Book 11, Chapter 3?

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

10. Why does the court refute the possibility of Smerdyakov killing Fyodor in Part 4, Book 12, Chapter 9?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the portrayal of Russian society in the book. What is the author saying about Russian society based on the speeches given during Mitya's trial?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the character, Smerdyakov. In what ways did the author set up Smerdyakov as an unstable character?

Essay Topic 3

One theme that is present throughout much of the book is the portrayal of friendship. Part 1.) What might the author be saying about the importance of having friendship in sibling relationships based on his portrayal of the Karamazov brothers? Part 2.) What is telling of the importance of friendship based on the author's portrayal of Kolya and the other boys?

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