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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is home when Myshkin visits the Yephanchins' house, after leaving Rogozhin?
(a) General Yephanchin.
(b) Madam Yephanchin.
(c) Aglaya.
(d) No one.

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

4. What is the General's plan for his daughter Aglaya?
(a) He plans her to marry a rich man.
(b) He plans her to be sent to a convent.
(c) He plans her to be educated as a teacher.
(d) He plans her to be educated as an artist.

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

6. Whose death does Yephanchin tell a story about?
(a) His mother.
(b) His sister.
(c) His landlady.
(d) His schoolteacher.

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

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

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

10. At the beginning of the first chapter, where are the men in the train traveling to?
(a) Kiev.
(b) Belgrade.
(c) Moscow.
(d) St. Petersburg.

11. What gift did the General buy Nastassya Filoppovna?
(a) A diamond necklace.
(b) Pearl earrings.
(c) A saphire bracelet.
(d) A ruby ring.

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

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

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

15. Where does Rogozhin suggest that Myshkin should stay, after the fight with Ganja?
(a) At a hotel.
(b) With the Yephanchins.
(c) With Rogozhin.
(d) At a hospital.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Nastassya react to Rogozhin's arrival?

2. How long is Myshkin away from St. Petersburg?

3. What is Myshkin's reaction to Rogozhin's marriage proposal?

4. How do the party guests decide what order to play the game?

5. How does Madame Yephanchin react to Myshkin?

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