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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Whose house does Myshkin go to when he first arrives back in St. Petersburg?
(a) Lebedev's house.
(b) Ganja's house.
(c) The Yephanchins' house.
(d) Rogozhin's house.

3. What does Aglaya ask Myshkin to do?
(a) Write in her album.
(b) Give her a lock of hair.
(c) Give her a photograph.
(d) Take her for a carriage ride.

4. How does Lebedev react when Rogozhin tells who he is?
(a) Angry.
(b) Sad.
(c) Incredulous.
(d) Enthusiastic.

5. What does Rogozhin's mother do to Myshkin?
(a) She orders him out of the house.
(b) She blesses him.
(c) She orders him to take her away from Rogozhin.
(d) She curses him.

6. What does Prince Myshkin smoke?
(a) A cigar.
(b) A hooka.
(c) A pipe.
(d) A cigarette.

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

8. Who does the General find a picture of?
(a) Totsky.
(b) Nastassya Flippovna.
(c) Prince Myshkin.
(d) Ganja.

9. Who is Prince Myshkin traveling to meet?
(a) Lebedev.
(b) Rogozhin.
(c) Madame Yephanchin.
(d) Nastassya Flippovna.

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

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

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

13. What reason does Ganja give for wanting Myshkin as a friend?
(a) That Myshkin is fun to listen to.
(b) That scoundrels need honest men.
(c) That he wants to keep an eye on Myshkin, who he doesn't trust.
(d) That he needs someone like Myshkin to believe in his goodness.

14. What does Ganja do when Madam Yephanchin confronts him about what she suspects her husband is doing behind her back?
(a) He admits that she is right.
(b) He denies any knowledge of it.
(c) He says that he shares her suspicions but doesn't know for a fact it's true.
(d) He promises to search her husband's papers for any evidence.

15. Who is at the door at Ganja's home, when Myshkin answers it?
(a) General Yephanchin.
(b) Nastassya Flippovna.
(c) Aglaya.
(d) Madam Yephanchin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What illness does Prince Myshkin suffer from?

2. What do Rogozhin and Myshkin exchange with each other?

3. Who does Ganja ask Myshkin to deliver a secret letter to?

4. What does General Ivolgin do, after promising to bring Myshkin to see Nastassya?

5. How does the party react to Ferdyshchenko's story?

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