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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
    no one
    Dmitri
    Alexey


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


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


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


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


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


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


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
    fifty years old gentleman
    femme fatale
    young man in his twenties


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 28 12