The Brothers Karamazov Quizzes

The Brothers Karamazov Quiz 1

1 How many mothers do Dmitri, Ivan, and Alyosha have between them?
Unknown

Two

Three

One
2 How many rubles does Dmitri have to return to Katerina?
Three thousand

One thousand

Two thousand

Four thousand
3 How is Smerdyakov related to the three Karamazov brothers?
He is their cousin

He is their father-in-law

He is their grandfather

He is their half-brother
4 What is Alyosha forbidden to consume during Lent (but consumes anyway)?
Vodka and sausage

Wine and cheese

Beer and bread

Water and bread
5 Who is Lise's mother?
Adelaida

Grushenka

Madame Hohlakov

Katerina
6 What illness does Smerdyakov have?
Epilepsy

Dyslexia

Hypochondria

Colorblindness
7 Who quarrels over Grushenka?
Ivan and Smerdyakov

Smerdyakov and Fyodor

Alyosha and Ivan

Fyodor and Dmitri
8 Who visits Ivan after his father's death?
Grushenka

The angel Gabriel

A devil

Father Zossima
9 Where does Father Zossima ask Alyosha to spend his time?
In the woods

In the monastery

In France

In the world
10 Who does Fyodor Karamazov NOT sleep with?
Lizaveta

Grushenka

Sofia

Adelaida
11 Who does "The Grand Inquisitor" visit in jail?
Katerina

Fyodor

Jesus

Ilusha
12 Who bites Alyosha's finger?
Grushenka

Ilusha

Dmitri

Lise
13 What happens when Father Zossima dies?
Birds appear in the room

His body decomposes quickly

Thunder crashes

His body disappears
14 When Dmitri visits his father's house when he is looking for Grushenka, what does he take with him?
An olive branch

A brass pestle

A hot poker

A knife
15 Who does NOT die in the course of the novel?
Ivan

Fyodor

Ilusha

Smerdyakov
16 Who is Smerdyakov's foster father?
Ivan

Fyodor

Grigory

Kolya
17 Which character is somewhat crippled?
Ivan

Lise

Grushenka

Kolya
18 What does Dmitri like to sing sometimes?
The chorus of "Hallelujah"

The Russian national anthem

"Hymn to Joy"

Songs about women
19 Who lends Dmitri money on the night of Fyodor's murder?
Perhotin

Captain Snegiryov

Fyodor

Ivan
20 Who is in love with Smerdyakov?
Katerina

Madame Hohlakov

Lise

Marya
21 Who is late to the meeting with Father Zossima?
Fyodor

Alyosha

Ivan

Dmitri
22 What is the name of the monk who opposes Father Zossima strongly?
Father Snegyirov

Father Josif

Father Ferapont

Father Pavel
23 Who is friends with Ilusha and listens to Alyosha's ideas?
Kalganov

Kolya

Ivan

Andrey
24 Who agrees with Ivan's ideas?
Smerdyakov

Grushenka

Alyosha

Fyodor
25 Who does NOT kiss someone during a conversation?
Jesus Christ on the cross

Lise

Father Zossima

Alyosha

Religion used as a negative ideology? How?

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What was Fyodor inclined/attached to in his life?

Fyodor is the patriarch of the Karamazov family. A cruel and miserly man, he is also a misanthrope and narcissist. He plans to use his formidable fortune to marry Grushenka. Fyodor embodies "Karamazovism," that family trait of the Karamazovs...

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how was the relationship of karamazov brothers?

Fyodor’s oldest son (whose mother is Adelaida). He is impulsive and quick to anger like his father, but he has a faith in God that Fyodor does not share. He is convicted of killing Fyodor.

Fyodor’s second son (his first by Sofia). He is...

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The Brothers Karamazov

by Fyodor Dostoevsky

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