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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Ganja ask Myshkin to deliver a secret letter to?
(a) General Yephachin.
(b) Aglaya.
(c) Nastassya Filippovna.
(d) Madam Yephachin.

2. Where does Rogozhin invite Prince Myshkin?
(a) To his father's funeral service.
(b) To meet Nastassya Flippovna.
(c) To a state dinner.
(d) To a formal ball.

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

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

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

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

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

8. What story does Ganja's father tell?
(a) A story about meeting Ganja's mother.
(b) A story about a glorious victory in battle.
(c) A story about Ganja's birth under an auspicious sign.
(d) A story about the beginning of a rift with the Yephanchin family.

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

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

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

12. What is Myshkin's explanation for why Nastassya left Rogozhin?
(a) She can't abide the idea of marrying anyone.
(b) She can't deal with Rogozhin's paranoia.
(c) She wants more money than Rogozhin can give her.
(d) She is secretly in love with someone else.

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

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

15. What does Rogozhin do after attempting to kill Myshkin?
(a) He runs away.
(b) He gets Myshkin to a hospital.
(c) He stays with Myshkin to wait for help.
(d) He runs out in front of a carriage.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How much money does Rogozhin offer for Nastassya's hand in marriage?

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

4. Who does Myshkin think is following him?

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

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