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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 agree to being guilty of at the beginning of his trial?

2. Who cries after Ilyusha's doctor leaves in Part 4, Book 10?

3. What does the defense lawyer introduce as a new point of contention in his final speech in regards to Fyodor's empty envelope?

4. Which of the following things do Kolya and Alyosha not talk about in Book 10, Chapter 6?

5. Who searches for Mitya at the beginning of Book 9, Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is Alyosha and Kolya's first interaction described?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the irony of the chapter titles in the book. What reason might the author have to impart such irony?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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

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