The Idiot Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 126 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Idiot Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Myshkin go to claim his inheritance?
(a) Moscow.
(b) Belgrade.
(c) Warsaw.
(d) Kiev.

2. What does Rogozhin say his reason is for traveling to Russia?
(a) To collect an inheritance.
(b) To find a lost relative.
(c) To take over a business.
(d) To be married.

3. What happens to Ganja's father while Myshkin is away?
(a) Ganja's father dies of alcohol poisoning.
(b) Ganja's father falls ill and is in the hospital.
(c) Ganja's father is put into debtor's prison.
(d) Ganja's father is arrested for public indecency.

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

5. What is Totsky's story about?
(a) Blackmailing a priest.
(b) Seducing an older woman for money.
(c) Stealing a woman's affections.
(d) Sending a false letter to a woman's husband.

6. What does Nastassya use to retrieve the money?
(a) She uses a bowl.
(b) She has a servant get it.
(c) She uses tongs.
(d) She uses her hands.

7. 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 is trying to make Rogozhin submit to her completely.
(d) She can't forgive what Rogozin has done to her.

8. What does Ganja ask Aglaya to do?
(a) Save him from marrying Nastassya.
(b) Run away to marry Myshkin.
(c) Arrange a marriage for her sister.
(d) Prevent her mother from learning what her father is doing.

9. What does Nastassya say about Myshkin after his proposal?
(a) She says he is not an idiot afterall.
(b) She says at least he is a rich idiot.
(c) She says he is an idiot.
(d) She says he only pretends to be an idiot.

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

11. What game does Nastassya suggest to the men?
(a) Describing the worst thing someone's done to them.
(b) Describing embarrasing information about themselves.
(c) Describing the worst thing they've ever done.
(d) Describing secrets about the women.

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

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

14. What does Ferdyshchenko suggest making Myshkin do, as punishment for poor behavior?
(a) Play charades.
(b) Play the piano.
(c) Sing a song.
(d) Dance for the group.

15. What mistake does Myshkin make when he leaves Rogozhin?
(a) He forgets to open the door.
(b) He forgest he's leaving and comes back.
(c) He goes the wrong way.
(d) He gets into the wrong carriage.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did General Yephanchin make his reputation and fortune?

2. Who does Myshkin try to visit at the Scales hotel?

3. What do Ganja and his family argue about?

4. Who does the visitor mistake Myshkin for?

5. What does Ganja's father throw out a window in the story?

(see the answer keys)

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