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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What skill does the Prince tell the General that he has?
(a) Architectural drafting.
(b) Cartography.
(c) Calligraphy.
(d) Caricature.

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

3. 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.

4. What does Ganja's father throw out a window in the story?
(a) A hat.
(b) A dog.
(c) An ashtray.
(d) A woman.

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

6. Who invites Myshkin to sit next to them?
(a) General Yephanchin.
(b) Nastassya.
(c) Ganja.
(d) Ferdyshchenko.

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

8. What does Rogozhin say his reason is for traveling to Russia?
(a) To collect an inheritance.
(b) To find a lost relative.
(c) To take over a business.
(d) To be married.

9. 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.

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

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

12. How does the party react to Ferdyshchenko's story?
(a) They are upset.
(b) They sympathize with Ferdyshchenko.
(c) They are mildly amused.
(d) They think it's hilarious.

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

14. How much money does Rogozhin offer for Nastassya's hand in marriage?
(a) 250,000 roubles.
(b) 500,000 roubles.
(c) 50,000 roubles.
(d) 100,000 roubles.

15. Where does Myshkin plan to live?
(a) He arranges to buy a house next to Ganja's.
(b) He arranges to stay with Rogozhin permanently.
(c) He arranges to rent Lebedyev's house in Palovsk.
(d) He arranges to live with the Yephanchins.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the General find a picture of?

2. What does Myshkin learn about Nastassya's engagement to Rogozhin?

3. What gift did the General buy Nastassya Filoppovna?

4. What is the General's opinion of Rogozhin?

5. Who does Nastassya expect to try to get the money?

(see the answer keys)

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