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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does a town doctor say he remembers buying Mitya when he was a little boy during the trial?
(a) A book.
(b) A napsack.
(c) A pound of nuts.
(d) A handkerchief.

2. Who does Mitya believe he is being arrested for the murder of in Part 3?
(a) Grigory.
(b) Alyosha.
(c) Ivan.
(d) Grushenka.

3. Who confesses to Ivan that he killed Fyodor?
(a) Alyosha.
(b) Rakitin.
(c) Mitya.
(d) Smerdyakov.

4. What does Lise smash in the door when Alyosha leaves from visiting her in Book 11?
(a) Alyosha's finger.
(b) Her toe.
(c) Alyosha's toe.
(d) Her finger.

5. Who becomes loud and angry and is warned by the judge to stay in bounds in Book 12, Chapter 14?
(a) Krassotkin.
(b) Makarov.
(c) Fetyukovitch.
(d) Kirillovich.

6. Who does Grushenka tell Alyosha that she believes Mitya has a secret with?
(a) Ivan.
(b) Rakitin.
(c) Katarina.
(d) Fyodor.

7. What is Grushenka's old Polish lover asking her for during Mitya's trial?
(a) Food.
(b) Sex.
(c) Money.
(d) Drink.

8. What does the prosecutor suggest took over Mitya and caused him to kill his father?
(a) Hatred.
(b) Jealousy.
(c) Mania.
(d) Lust.

9. What does the defense attorney suggest that Mitya has not been allowed during his final speech?
(a) Hate.
(b) Responsibility.
(c) Love.
(d) Honor.

10. How much money does Katarina say Mitya had loaned her family years ago during his trial?
(a) 1,000 rubles.
(b) 3,000 rubles.
(c) 5,000 rubles.
(d) 4,000 rubles.

11. Where does Mitya claim he had been carrying the money he had received from Katarina?
(a) A purse.
(b) A napsack.
(c) An amulet.
(d) In his pocket.

12. Who does Katarina show Alyosha a letter from in Book 11, Chapter 7?
(a) Ivan.
(b) Smerdyakov.
(c) Fyodor.
(d) Mitya.

13. Where does Ilyusha's doctor say he must go in order to be saved from his illness?
(a) Florence.
(b) Paris.
(c) Rome.
(d) Sicily.

14. Who takes the witness stand after Katarina in the book?
(a) Alyosha.
(b) Ivan.
(c) Kuzma.
(d) Grushenka.

15. What does Ivan begin raving about after hearing voices at the end of Book 11?
(a) God.
(b) Jesus.
(c) A demon.
(d) The devil.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the jury give as their judgment in Mitya's trial?

2. Whose oration does the audience applaud at the end of Mitya's trial?

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

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

5. Who does Ivan speak wildly about during his testimony in Mitya's trial?

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