View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III Ch. VI.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Hippolite realize, after seeing Rogozhin in his room at night, that Rogozhin couldn't have been there?
(a) The servants had locked the doors.
(b) Rogozhin had passed out in the foyer all night.
(c) Rogozhin was away all night.
(d) Hippolite had barred the door with a wardrobe.

2. Who invites Myshkin to sit next to them?
(a) General Yephanchin.
(b) Ganja.
(c) Nastassya.
(d) Ferdyshchenko.

3. When does Hippolite plan to kill himself?
(a) At sunset.
(b) At noon.
(c) At sunrise.
(d) At midnight.

4. How do the party guests decide what order to play the game?
(a) They go in alphabetical order according to name.
(b) They draw names from a hat.
(c) They volunteer to go next.
(d) They go around the table clockwise.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who goes first in the game?

2. What does the story Ferdyshchenko describes involve stealing?

3. What does Burdovsky want from Myshkin?

4. Who does Aglaya tell her mother she is going to marry, when Madam Yephanchin interrupts Aglaya and Myshkin's meeting in the park?

5. What is Myshkin's reaction to Rogozhin's marriage proposal?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 227 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample