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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the tale Lebedev tells at Myshkin's celebration about?
(a) Mountaineers who kill each other in competition.
(b) A king being poisoned.
(c) Monks turning to cannibalism.
(d) Sailors stranded on an island.

2. Does Myshkin believe Lebedev's story about finding the money?
(a) No, but he doesn't trouble Lebedev to try to find out the whole truth.
(b) Yes, and he continues to believe the story.
(c) Yes, but later he learns that Lebedev was lying.
(d) No, he questions Lebedev until he learns the whole truth.

3. How does Aglaya claim Ganja proved his love for her?
(a) By carving her name in his arm.
(b) By slapping her across the face.
(c) By burning his own hand.
(d) By offering her all the money he has.

4. What does Koyla ask his father to do?
(a) Find a job.
(b) Apologize to Ganja.
(c) Leave the city with Koyla.
(d) Come home.

5. What does Aglaya change when she recites from a reading?
(a) The name of a character.
(b) The location of a house.
(c) Initials on a rosary.
(d) Adjectives describing a book.

6. Where does Aglaya say she comes some mornings at 7 o'clock?
(a) An isolated stump in a field.
(b) A green bench in the park.
(c) A red newstand by the train station.
(d) A small cafe on a street corner.

7. What games do Aglaya's sisters report that she played with her visitor?
(a) Darts and croquet.
(b) Cards and chess.
(c) Chess and darts.
(d) Croquet and cards.

8. Who does Aglaya tell her mother she is going to marry, when Madam Yephanchin interrupts Aglaya and Myshkin's meeting in the park?
(a) Ganja.
(b) Myshkin.
(c) Lebedyev.
(d) Rogozhin.

9. What is Radomsky's former profession?
(a) He is a retired army officer.
(b) He is a retired dressmaker.
(c) He is a retired government beaurocrat.
(d) He is a retired banker.

10. What entertainment do the Prince and the Yephanchins watch after they walk in the park?
(a) A juggler.
(b) A singer.
(c) A band.
(d) A puppet show.

11. What does Lebedev expect Myshkin to do, now that he knows Lebedev was involved with the scandalous article?
(a) He expects Myshkin to kick him out.
(b) He expects Myshkin to forgive him.
(c) He expects Myshkin to stop being his friend.
(d) He expects Myshkin to sue him.

12. What does Ganja say happened to Burdovsky's real father?
(a) He is in an insane asylum.
(b) He went to prison.
(c) He ran away.
(d) He died.

13. Who first points out the article about Myshkin in the newspaper?
(a) Madam Yephanchin.
(b) Koyla.
(c) Burdovsky.
(d) Hippolite.

14. At Madam Yephanchin's gathering, who argues that Burdovsky did not take advantage of Myshkin?
(a) Radomsky.
(b) Alexandrai.
(c) Aglaya.
(d) Madam Yephanchin.

15. What is Hippolite's response to Madam Yephanchin's anger?
(a) He yells at her.
(b) He cries.
(c) He laughs.
(d) He storms out of the room.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does General Ivolgin tell Myshkin he befriended as a young boy?

2. Who does Myshkin realize is the woman from his dream in the park?

3. What does Lebedev plan to do about the missing money?

4. Nastassya has written Aglaya several letters that Aglaya shows Myshkin. What do these letters ask Aglaya to do?

5. Who does Ganja blame for Burdovsky's claim against Myshkin?

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