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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who does the General offer Totsky to marry?
(a) Nastassya Filippovna.
(b) His daughter Adelaida.
(c) His daughter Aglaya.
(d) His daugher Alexandra.

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

4. Who gives Aglaya a letter from Myshkin?
(a) Varya.
(b) Ganja.
(c) Nastassya.
(d) Koyla.

5. What is Myshkin's reaction to Rogozhin's marriage proposal?
(a) Myshkin also proposes to Nastassya.
(b) Myshkin encourages Nastassya to marry Rogozhin.
(c) Myshkin warns Nastassya against Rogozhin.
(d) Myshkin says he doesn't care if Nastassya marries Rogozhin.

6. Who goes first in the game?
(a) Myshkin.
(b) Ferdyshchenko.
(c) Yephanchin.
(d) Ganja.

7. What does General Ivolgin do, after promising to bring Myshkin to see Nastassya?
(a) He brings Myshkin down a blind alley and robs him.
(b) He gets drunk and misleads Myshkin.
(c) He gets Myshkin arrested.
(d) He takes up Myshkin's time with long stories, then falls asleep.

8. How does Nastassya react to Rogozhin's arrival?
(a) She is pleased with the reaction to him.
(b) She is sad to see him and pouts.
(c) She is bored by him.
(d) She is angry at him and avoids him.

9. How does Myshkin react when Ganja calls him an idiot?
(a) Happily.
(b) Angrily.
(c) Unconcernedly.
(d) Sadly.

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

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

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

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

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

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Ganja and his family argue about?

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

3. Who finally brings Myshkin to Nastassya's house?

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

5. Who is Prince Myshkin traveling to meet?

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