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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ganja ask Aglaya to do?
(a) Arrange a marriage for her sister.
(b) Prevent her mother from learning what her father is doing.
(c) Run away to marry Myshkin.
(d) Save him from marrying Nastassya.

2. Who does Ganja ask Myshkin to deliver a secret letter to?
(a) General Yephachin.
(b) Aglaya.
(c) Madam Yephachin.
(d) Nastassya Filippovna.

3. How does Madame Yephanchin react to Myshkin?
(a) She likes him immediately.
(b) She distrusts him on sight.
(c) She dislikes him immediately.
(d) She is annoyed by him.

4. How does Lebedev react when Rogozhin tells who he is?
(a) Sad.
(b) Enthusiastic.
(c) Incredulous.
(d) Angry.

5. At the beginning of the first chapter, where are the men in the train traveling to?
(a) Moscow.
(b) Kiev.
(c) Belgrade.
(d) St. Petersburg.

Short Answer Questions

1. What game does Nastassya suggest to the men?

2. What does Myshkin threaten to do, after Ganja calls him an idiot?

3. Who is home when Myshkin visits the Yephanchins' house, after leaving Rogozhin?

4. What does Prince Myshkin smoke?

5. What do some guests at the party criticize Myshkin for?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the Yephanchins' three daughters react to Myshkin?

2. What does Nastassya ask Myshkin, after hearing the stories of the men at the party?

3. How does Madam Yephanchin react to Myshkin going off to collect his inheritance?

4. What does Yephanchin say that he did to make up for his guilty feelings?

5. How does Ganja's father embarrass him?

6. What does Myshkin do, when Ganja apologizes for hitting him?

7. What happens to Myshkin when Rogozhin tries to kill him?

8. Why is Ganja marrying Nastassya?

9. What does Rogozhin and Lebedev's relationship seem to be like during their conversation on the train?

10. What stories does Myshkin tell Rogozhin about religion?

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