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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV Ch. I - V.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Nastassya say about Myshkin after his proposal?
(a) She says he only pretends to be an idiot.
(b) She says at least he is a rich idiot.
(c) She says he is an idiot.
(d) She says he is not an idiot afterall.

2. Who does Madam Yephanchin wonder if Aglaya is seriously interested in, at the beginning of Part III?
(a) Ganja and Radomsky.
(b) Myshkin and Ganja.
(c) Radomsky and Rogozhin.
(d) Rogozhin and Myskin.

3. What does Myshkin threaten to do, after Ganja calls him an idiot?
(a) Reveal what he's been doing to Madam Yephanchin.
(b) Tell General Yephanchin what Ganja has said.
(c) Pay for his own lodgings elsewhere.
(d) Fight Ganja in a duel of honor.

4. How does the party react when Vera says Hippolite is going to kill himself?
(a) Everyone is upset and runs to stop Hippolite.
(b) Everyone gets angry and yells at Hippolite.
(c) No one reacts, acting bored.
(d) Everyone laughs, disbelieving.

5. What skill does the Prince tell the General that he has?
(a) Architectural drafting.
(b) Cartography.
(c) Calligraphy.
(d) Caricature.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Madam Yephanchin feel about the Prince's visitors?

2. What has Varya been trying to do in her visits to the Yephanchins' house?

3. What does Lebedev expect Myshkin to do, now that he knows Lebedev was involved with the scandalous article?

4. After Myshkin returns to the Yephanchins' house, following the walk in the park and the fight, what does Aglaya show Myshkin how to do?

5. What is Radomsky's former profession?

(see the answer key)

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