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Ivan Karamazov

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Ivan Karamazov game quiz
"This quiz is about the most intelligent of the "Brothers Karamazov"."

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1. With which brother does Ivan share the same mother?
    Smerdyakov
    Alexey
    Dmitri
    no one


2. Despite his atheistic views, Ivan receives a blessing. Who gives him this blessing?
    elder Zosima
    his own father
    father Ferapont
    his brother Alyosha


3. In his "Rebellion" Ivan is the most outraged by what injustice?
    suffering of the innocent children
    inevitability of death
    bigotry and hypocrisy of many believers
    war, famine and overpopulation


4. Where was Smerdyakov, Ivan's half-brother and "shadow", born?
    garden
    cemetery
    bathhouse
    hospital


5. What are the main themes in "Grand Inquisitor", Ivan's poem?
    relationship between parents and children
    seven deadly sins and seven heavenly virtues
    the herd instinct and the burden of free will
    salvation and eternal damnation


6. Although Ivan is a thinker, he has a love interest. Who is his love interest?
    Katerina Ivanovna
    Lise
    Grushenka
    unnamed girl


7. Ivan says to Alyosha that he dislikes which types of people?
    fools and the narrow-minded
    prophets and epileptics
    criminals and fallen women
    drunkards and sensualists


8. Smerdyakov says to Ivan that they are brothers because they share the same father.
    True
    False


9. In his nightmare, Ivan has a conversation with the Devil himself. The Devil looks like what person?
    beast with horns, hooves and a snout
    young man in his twenties
    femme fatale
    fifty years old gentleman


10. In the end of the novel, what happens to Ivan?
    wins an academic degree
    becomes mentally unstable
    becomes religious
    nothing special, he doesn't change his character


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Compiled Jun 19 13