The Brothers Karamazov Quizzes

The Brothers Karamazov Quiz 1

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

Unknown

Three

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

One thousand

Four thousand

Three thousand
3 How is Smerdyakov related to the three Karamazov brothers?
He is their father-in-law

He is their grandfather

He is their cousin

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

Water and bread

Vodka and sausage

Beer and bread
5 Who is Lise's mother?
Grushenka

Madame Hohlakov

Katerina

Adelaida
6 What illness does Smerdyakov have?
Hypochondria

Dyslexia

Epilepsy

Colorblindness
7 Who quarrels over Grushenka?
Smerdyakov and Fyodor

Alyosha and Ivan

Fyodor and Dmitri

Ivan and Smerdyakov
8 Who visits Ivan after his father's death?
The angel Gabriel

A devil

Grushenka

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

In the monastery

In the world

In France
10 Who does Fyodor Karamazov NOT sleep with?
Lizaveta

Sofia

Grushenka

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

Katerina

Jesus

Fyodor
12 Who bites Alyosha's finger?
Lise

Ilusha

Grushenka

Dmitri
13 What happens when Father Zossima dies?
His body decomposes quickly

Thunder crashes

Birds appear in the room

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

A brass pestle

An olive branch

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

Smerdyakov

Ilusha

Fyodor
16 Who is Smerdyakov's foster father?
Ivan

Fyodor

Kolya

Grigory
17 Which character is somewhat crippled?
Grushenka

Ivan

Kolya

Lise
18 What does Dmitri like to sing sometimes?
The Russian national anthem

The chorus of "Hallelujah"

"Hymn to Joy"

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

Fyodor

Ivan

Captain Snegiryov
20 Who is in love with Smerdyakov?
Madame Hohlakov

Katerina

Lise

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

Fyodor

Dmitri

Ivan
22 What is the name of the monk who opposes Father Zossima strongly?
Father Ferapont

Father Snegyirov

Father Josif

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

Kolya

Andrey

Ivan
24 Who agrees with Ivan's ideas?
Fyodor

Grushenka

Smerdyakov

Alyosha
25 Who does NOT kiss someone during a conversation?
Father Zossima

Alyosha

Jesus Christ on the cross

Lise

Religion used as a negative ideology? How?

Check out Gradesaver's theme page for the unit, specifically, the section titled, Christianity's Place in Society

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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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