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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Ganja and his family argue about?
(a) Ganja bringing Myshkin home with him.
(b) Ganja's job working for General Yephanchin.
(c) Ganja's plans to move to a new home.
(d) Ganja's plans to marry Nastassya.

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

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

4. In what country was the hospital located where Prince Myshkin stayed?
(a) Belgium.
(b) Germany.
(c) Switzerland.
(d) Austria.

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

6. Who finally brings Myshkin to Nastassya's house?
(a) Koyla.
(b) Ganja.
(c) Aglaya.
(d) Rogozhin.

7. How do the party guests decide what order to play the game?
(a) They go around the table clockwise.
(b) They volunteer to go next.
(c) They go in alphabetical order according to name.
(d) They draw names from a hat.

8. Does Nastassya accept Myshkin's proposal?
(a) Yes, and she leaves with him.
(b) No, she accepts no one's proposal.
(c) No, she accepts Rogozhin immediately.
(d) Yes, but then she almost immediately leavs with Rogozhin.

9. How does Myshkin react when Ganja calls him an idiot?
(a) Angrily.
(b) Unconcernedly.
(c) Happily.
(d) Sadly.

10. What does Aglaya ask Myshkin to read?
(a) An article in the paper.
(b) A poem from a book in the library.
(c) Her diary.
(d) A letter from Ganja.

11. Who does Madam Yephanchin want to talk to as soon as she sees the photo of Nastassya?
(a) Totsky.
(b) Her husband.
(c) Myshkin.
(d) Ganja.

12. How long is Myshkin away from St. Petersburg?
(a) One year.
(b) Six months.
(c) Two years.
(d) Eighteen months.

13. What does Rogozhin give to Nastassya?
(a) A diamond bracelet.
(b) Silk stockings.
(c) 18,000 roubles.
(d) A dog.

14. How many daughters do the Yephanchins have?
(a) Two.
(b) Four.
(c) Five.
(d) Three.

15. What does General Ivolgin do, after promising to bring Myshkin to see Nastassya?
(a) He gets drunk and misleads Myshkin.
(b) He gets Myshkin arrested.
(c) He brings Myshkin down a blind alley and robs him.
(d) He takes up Myshkin's time with long stories, then falls asleep.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who gives Aglaya a letter from Myshkin?

2. What does Rogozhin do after attempting to kill Myshkin?

3. Whose death does Yephanchin tell a story about?

4. What mistake does Myshkin make when he leaves Rogozhin?

5. What does Ganja think of Myshkin, after he's gotten to know him?

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