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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is General Yephanchin's initial response to the Prince's request for help?
(a) He immediately offers the Prince a job.
(b) He immediately offers the Prince temporary room and board.
(c) He says at first that he can't help the Prince.
(d) He immediately offers the Prince room and board for as long as he needs it.

4. Who does Myshkin try to visit at the Scales hotel?
(a) Ganja.
(b) Koyla.
(c) Varya.
(d) Lebedev.

5. Who does the General suggest should marry Nastassya Filippovna?
(a) Totsky.
(b) Rogozhin.
(c) Prince Myshkin.
(d) His assistant Ganja.

6. How did the General's wife react to his gift to Nastassya Filoppovna?
(a) She never found out about it.
(b) She didn't care.
(c) She was happy.
(d) She was upset.

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

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

9. What does Madam Yephanchin think her husband is doing behind her back?
(a) Arranging marriages.
(b) Arranging a trip.
(c) Starting a business.
(d) Buying property.

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

11. Who does the General suggest that Prince Myshkin stay with?
(a) Totsky.
(b) Ganja.
(c) Nastassya Filippovna.
(d) The Yephanchins.

12. What is the General's opinion of Rogozhin?
(a) The General is jealous of him.
(b) The General doesn't know him.
(c) The General admires him.
(d) The General dislikes him.

13. Who does Nastassya expect to try to get the money?
(a) Ferdyshchenko.
(b) Yephanchin.
(c) Totsky.
(d) Ganja.

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

15. How does Madame Yephanchin react to Myshkin?
(a) She dislikes him immediately.
(b) She distrusts him on sight.
(c) She likes him immediately.
(d) She is annoyed by him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who goes first in the game?

2. Where does Myshkin go to claim his inheritance?

3. What gift did the General buy Nastassya Filoppovna?

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

5. What do some guests at the party criticize Myshkin for?

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