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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV Ch. VI-XII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Aglaya ask Myshkin at Daria Alexyevna's house, after Nastassya sends Rogozhin from the room?
(a) Aglaya asks Myshkin whether he plans to marry her.
(b) Aglaya asks Myshkin whether he will betray Rogozhin.
(c) Aglaya asks Myshkin whether he is friends with Rogozhin.
(d) Aglaya asks Myshkin whether he loves her or Nastassya.

2. Who does Hippolyte warn that Rogozhin might try to kill, to harm Myshkin?
(a) Nastassya.
(b) Aglaya.
(c) Madame Yephanchin.
(d) Himself.

3. Who finally breaks into the room, after Rogozhin and Myshkin's vigil with Nastassya's body?
(a) Rogozhin's servant.
(b) Rogozhin's mother.
(c) Rogozhin's brother.
(d) Roghozhin's father.

4. What animal does Aglaya buy from Koyla?
(a) A rabbit.
(b) An armadillo.
(c) A cat.
(d) A hedgehog.

5. What does Myshkin learn about Nastassya's engagement to Rogozhin?
(a) Nastassya is rumored to have left Rogozhin on their wedding day.
(b) Nastassya is rumored to have married Rogozhin and then left him a week later.
(c) Nastassya is rumored to have married Rogozhin and left the country with him.
(d) Nastassya is rumored to have run off with Rogozhin without marrying him.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the beginning of the first chapter, where are the men in the train traveling to?

2. Nastassya has written Aglaya several letters that Aglaya shows Myshkin. What do these letters ask Aglaya to do?

3. How does Hippolite plan to kill himself?

4. What does Hippolite mention seeing in a dream?

5. What is Madam Yephanchin's position about the possibility of Myshkin marrying her daughter Aglaya?

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