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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Kirillovich begin quoting from during Mitya's trial in Book 12, Chapter 14?
(a) A law book.
(b) A history book.
(c) A book of poems.
(d) The Bible.

2. What reason does Mitya give for not telling the police all of the details when being questioned in Part 3, Book 9?
(a) He is too proud.
(b) They are private.
(c) He doesn't feel like it.
(d) It's none of their business.

3. Who is called in but found that their opinions are useless in Mitya's trial?
(a) Character witnesses.
(b) Mitya's brothers.
(c) Mitya's friends.
(d) Medical experts.

4. Whose story is told in Book 10, Chapter 1?
(a) Ippolit.
(b) Kolya.
(c) Smerdyakov.
(d) Ilyusha.

5. For how long does Mitya say he had been carrying around the money he received from Katarina during his interrogation?
(a) A week.
(b) 2 months.
(c) A month.
(d) 3 weeks.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Alyosha shocked to see that Katarina is in love with in the Epilogue?

2. What is the name of the local district commissioner of Police that Pyotr visits?

3. What does the audience say they believe should be the verdict in Mitya's trial while the jurors go into deliberation?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mitya agree to being guilty of at the beginning of his trial?

2. How is Grushenka's testimony in Mitya's trial described?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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