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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. At the beginning of the first chapter, where are the men in the train traveling to?
(a) St. Petersburg.
(b) Belgrade.
(c) Kiev.
(d) Moscow.

2. What does Myshkin pick up without thinking about it, while he is talking to Rogozhin?
(a) A gun.
(b) A rope.
(c) A knife.
(d) A lighter.

3. What illness does Prince Myshkin suffer from?
(a) Epilepsy.
(b) Diabetes.
(c) Arthritis.
(d) Anemia.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rogozhin give to Nastassya?

2. Who gets fired in Ferdyshchenko's story?

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

4. What is the General's opinion of Rogozhin?

5. In what country was the hospital located where Prince Myshkin stayed?

(see the answer key)

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