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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II Ch. I-V.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Rogozhin's explanation for why Nastassya left him?
(a) She is in love with Myshkin.
(b) She is too stubborn to admit that she loves Rogozhin.
(c) She can't forgive what Rogozin has done to her.
(d) She is trying to make Rogozhin submit to her completely.

2. What story does Ganja's father tell?
(a) A story about a glorious victory in battle.
(b) A story about the beginning of a rift with the Yephanchin family.
(c) A story about meeting Ganja's mother.
(d) A story about Ganja's birth under an auspicious sign.

3. What is the General's plan for his daughter Aglaya?
(a) He plans her to be sent to a convent.
(b) He plans her to marry a rich man.
(c) He plans her to be educated as an artist.
(d) He plans her to be educated as a teacher.

4. Whose death does Yephanchin tell a story about?
(a) His sister.
(b) His schoolteacher.
(c) His landlady.
(d) His mother.

5. Who does the General suggest that Prince Myshkin stay with?
(a) Nastassya Filippovna.
(b) Ganja.
(c) The Yephanchins.
(d) Totsky.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the party in general react to Rogozhin's arrival?

2. Who gets fired in Ferdyshchenko's story?

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

4. What does the story Ferdyshchenko describes involve stealing?

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

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