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

2. How long does Ganja tell Myshkin that Nastassya has been in town?
(a) A fortnight.
(b) Two hours.
(c) One week.
(d) Four days.

3. When the Yephachin women ask what Myshkin thinks of them, who does he avoid commenting on?
(a) Madam Yephachin.
(b) Adelaide.
(c) Aglaya.
(d) Alexandra.

4. What game does Nastassya suggest to the men?
(a) Describing the worst thing they've ever done.
(b) Describing embarrasing information about themselves.
(c) Describing secrets about the women.
(d) Describing the worst thing someone's done to them.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the General suggest should marry Nastassya Filippovna?

2. How does Lebedev react when Rogozhin tells who he is?

3. Whose house does Myshkin go to when he first arrives back in St. Petersburg?

4. What does Ferdyshchenko suggest making Myshkin do, as punishment for poor behavior?

5. Who runs after Nastassya and Rogozhin when they leave?

(see the answer key)

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