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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1 Chapters XI-XVI.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who gets fired in Ferdyshchenko's story?
(a) A clerk at a shop.
(b) Ferdyshchenko.
(c) A servant.
(d) Ferdyshchenko's brother.

4. Where does Ganja live?
(a) In a room in an old woman's house.
(b) In a cottage on a large estate.
(c) In his family's boarding house.
(d) Alone in a small house.

5. What do some guests at the party criticize Myshkin for?
(a) Arriving late.
(b) Inviting himself.
(c) Coming without a partner.
(d) Arriving early.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is at the door at Ganja's home, when Myshkin answers it?

2. Who goes first in the game?

3. How long ago did Totsky take in Nastassya as his ward?

4. Who does the General offer Totsky to marry?

5. How did General Yephanchin make his reputation and fortune?

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