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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 Kirillovich begin quoting from during Mitya's trial in Book 12, Chapter 14?
2. How is the courthouse described at the beginning of Mitya's trial?
3. Who goes to the witness stand in Mitya's trial after Alyosha?
4. Who tries to create doubt in the minds of the jurors in Book 12, Chapter 12?
5. Who does Katarina say she has a newfound love for in Book 12, Chapter 6?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Mitya react just after he is arrested for the death of his father?
2. What points of contention does the defense lawyer introduce in Part 4, Book 12, Chapter 11?
3. How do Pyotr and Madame Khokhalakov act towards each other when they first meet?
4. What happens when Katarina gives the judge her letter from Mitya during his trial?
5. What does Smerdyakov confess to Ivan in Part 4, Book 11, Chapter 8?
6. How does the audience react while the jurors go into deliberation in Mitya's trial?
7. What is the nature of the voices Ivan hears in Part 4, Book 11, Chapter 9?
8. Why does the court refute the possibility of Smerdyakov killing Fyodor in Part 4, Book 12, Chapter 9?
9. What does Mitya agree to being guilty of at the beginning of his trial?
10. What is the nature of the discussion between Ivan and Smerdyakov in Part 4, Book 11, Chapter 6?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Examine the character Fyodor in the book. In what way does the author set up this character to be hated and not sympathized?
Essay Topic 2
Examine the nature of Ivan's insanity. What might the author be saying about the implications of going insane?
Essay Topic 3
Alyosha's role as the representation of good is clear from the beginning to the end of the book. Part 1.) What reason does the author have for portraying Alyosha as the only representation of good? Part 2.) What might the author be saying about religious and spiritual people in relation to goodness based on his portrayal of Alyosha? Part 3.) Are there other characters present in the book that can be deemed good?
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