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One epileptic character in this novel is born to a homeless woman known by the nickname “stinking.” (10[1])After that character in this novel discusses the slogan “everything is permitted” with another character, the latter has a nightmare in which he is visited by Satan. In this novel, Ferapont conducts an exorcism after a foul smell emerges from the corpse of Father Zosima. (10[1])This novel contains a parable in which Jesus (10[1])is (10[1])detained by the Grand Inquisitor. (10[2])In this novel, a trial incorrectly rules that (10[1])rivalry over Grushenka motivated one of the title characters to murder his father. For 10 points, Dmitri, Ivan, (10[1])and Alyosha (10[1])are the title siblings of what Fyodor Dostoyevsky novel? ■END■

ANSWER: The Brothers Karamazov [or The Karamazov Brothers or Brát’ya Karamázovy]
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