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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV, Book Twelve, Chapter 10-14, Epilogue, Chapter 1-3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the defense do to each of the witnesses presented by the prosecution in an effective way?
(a) Making them cry.
(b) Making them appear stupid.
(c) Damaging them.
(d) Refuting them.

2. Who does the prosecutor bring up the possibility of killing Fyodor, but dismisses it because of medical reasons?
(a) Grushenka.
(b) Katarina.
(c) Smerdyakov.
(d) Ivan.

3. What does the defense lawyer introduce as a new point of contention in his final speech in regards to Fyodor's empty envelope?
(a) Mitya was in another city.
(b) Fyodor wasn't rich.
(c) Fyodor was a bad person.
(d) That there was no proof of money being in the envelope.

4. What gift does Kolya give to Illyusha when he visits him in Part 4?
(a) A dog.
(b) A cat.
(c) A bear.
(d) A toy cannon.

5. Whose story is told in Book 3, Chapter 6?
(a) Ilyusha.
(b) Alyosha.
(c) Ivan.
(d) Smerdyakov.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Smerdyakov suffer in Book 5, Chapter 7?

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

3. What is the name of a monk that Alyosha has great respect for?

4. Who does Mitya talk to about his soul and asks him to forgive all his sins?

5. What does Ivan present from his pocket during his testimony in Mitya's trial?

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