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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 do Ivan and Fyodor become after Ivan comes home to confront him?
2. What does Fyodor behave as during the meeting with Zosima?
3. What is the name of the man that Mitya hurt in a bar?
4. Who does Alyosha read a letter from at the end of Part 1?
5. How much money does Katarina give to Alyosha to offer to a man whom Mitya had hurt?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is Alyosha deeply disturbed by regarding his meeting with Zosima in Part 1, Book 2, Chapter 1?
2. What does Fyodor say he is afraid of regarding Grushenka in Part 2, Book 4, Chapter 2?
3. What does Katarina ask Alyosha to do with 200 rubles in Part 2, Book 4, Chapter 5?
4. What is the nature of Alyosha's vision that he has while at Zosima's coffin?
5. What does Mitya do when Alyosha tells him of Grushenka's rudeness towards Katarina in Part 1, Book 3, Chapter 11?
6. What happened to the child Stinking Lizavetta in Part 1, Book 3, Chapter 2?
7. How does Mitya act when he arrives to see Grushenka at a tavern in Part 3, Book 8, Chapter 7?
8. How does Fyodor react when he learns Alyosha wishes to enter the monastery?
9. What does Zosima say in regards to the separation of church and state in Part 1, Book 2, Chapter 5?
10. What does Rakitin tell Alyosha when he runs into him in Part 1, Book 2, Chapter 7?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Examine the nature of Ivan's insanity. What might the author be saying about the implications of going insane?
Essay Topic 2
Examine the nature of Mitya's use of violence. What does Mitya's use of violence say about the nature of his character and his need for control?
Essay Topic 3
Compare and contrast the Karamazov brothers with Ilyusha's family. What might the author be saying about the nature of the Karamazov family by making a direct comparison with Ilyusha's family?
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