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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. Who does the General find a picture of?
(a) Ganja.
(b) Totsky.
(c) Nastassya Flippovna.
(d) Prince Myshkin.

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

3. What does General Ivolgin do, after promising to bring Myshkin to see Nastassya?
(a) He gets Myshkin arrested.
(b) He gets drunk and misleads Myshkin.
(c) He brings Myshkin down a blind alley and robs him.
(d) He takes up Myshkin's time with long stories, then falls asleep.

4. How did General Yephanchin make his reputation and fortune?
(a) As a military leader.
(b) Through an invention.
(c) By shareholding.
(d) By gambling.

5. Who is at the door at Ganja's home, when Myshkin answers it?
(a) Madam Yephanchin.
(b) Aglaya.
(c) General Yephanchin.
(d) Nastassya Flippovna.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Myshkin react when Ganja calls him an idiot?

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

3. How much money is Myshkin about to inherit?

4. Has Nastassya met Ganja's family before her arrival on Myshkin's first night there?

5. What skill does the Prince tell the General that he has?

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