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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 Mitya claim he did not hit his father over the head with?

2. How much do police estimate Mitya spent in Mokroye?

3. What does Lise say she is glad about seeing when Alyosha visits her in Book 11?

4. How is the courthouse described at the beginning of Mitya's trial?

5. Who does Alyosha go to meet in at the beginning of the Epilogue?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the nature of Ivan's testimony in Mitya's trial?

2. What happens to Mitya after the police and prosecutors read his statement in Part 3, Book 9, Chapter 9?

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

4. How does the judge react when Kirillovich begins quoting from the Bible loudly during Mitya's trial?

5. What is the nature of the voices Ivan hears in Part 4, Book 11, Chapter 9?

6. How does the defense attorney describe Fyodor in Part 4, Book 12, Chapter 13?

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

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

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

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

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

Discuss the theme of man versus God theme. In what way does the author set up this theme with the representation of Ivan?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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