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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. What does Rogozhin say his reason is for traveling to Russia?
(a) To find a lost relative.
(b) To collect an inheritance.
(c) To be married.
(d) To take over a business.

2. What reason does Ganja give for wanting Myshkin as a friend?
(a) That Myshkin is fun to listen to.
(b) That scoundrels need honest men.
(c) That he wants to keep an eye on Myshkin, who he doesn't trust.
(d) That he needs someone like Myshkin to believe in his goodness.

3. How does the General describe the Prince to his wife?
(a) As a very ill and incapacitated man.
(b) As a very strange, unnatural man.
(c) As a happy-go-lucky, carefree man.
(d) As a pleasant, interesting man.

4. What does Prince Myshkin smoke?
(a) A hooka.
(b) A cigarette.
(c) A cigar.
(d) A pipe.

5. Has Nastassya met Ganja's family before her arrival on Myshkin's first night there?
(a) No, it is their first meeting.
(b) Yes, she has met them numerous times.
(c) No, and the family leaves before Nastassya arrives.
(d) Yes, she has met them once.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the party react to Ferdyshchenko's story?

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

3. What does Aglaya ask Myshkin to do?

4. When the Yephachin women ask what Myshkin thinks of them, who does he avoid commenting on?

5. Who invites Myshkin to sit next to them?

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