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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lebedev expect Myshkin to do, now that he knows Lebedev was involved with the scandalous article?
(a) He expects Myshkin to stop being his friend.
(b) He expects Myshkin to forgive him.
(c) He expects Myshkin to kick him out.
(d) He expects Myshkin to sue him.

2. How does Madam Yephanchin feel about the Prince's visitors?
(a) She likes the people who are visiting Myshkin.
(b) She dislikes the people who are visiting Myshkin.
(c) She is envious of the people who are visiting Myshkin.
(d) She is bored with the people who are visiting Myshkin.

3. What does the story Ferdyshchenko describes involve stealing?
(a) Food.
(b) Clothes.
(c) Money.
(d) Jewelry.

4. What does Myshkin think of the picture of Nastassya Filippovna?
(a) He thinks she looks beautiful but tragic.
(b) He thinks she looks beautiful and happy.
(c) He thinks she looks unpleasant but happy.
(d) He thinks she looks unpleasant and sad.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What other literary work does the phrase Aglaya said bring up?

2. Who does Nastassya expect to try to get the money?

3. Who is the first visitor who arrives, while Myshkin is recuperating?

4. How long does Ganja tell Myshkin that Nastassya has been in town?

5. What does Aglaya change when she recites from a reading?

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