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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Myshkin stop one of the officer friends of the Yephanshins from hitting?
(a) Madam Yephanchin.
(b) Nastassya.
(c) Radomsky.
(d) Aglaya.

2. How does Myshkin react to the idea that someone stole Lebedev's money?
(a) Myshkin doesn't care.
(b) Myshkin is irritated.
(c) Myshkin is horrified.
(d) Myshkin is secretly pleased.

3. What is Radomsky's view of liberalism?
(a) He doesn't have an opinion.
(b) He is opposed to it.
(c) He thinks it's naive but admires it.
(d) He is in favor of it.

4. Who does Madam Yephanchin wonder if Aglaya is seriously interested in, at the beginning of Part III?
(a) Myshkin and Ganja.
(b) Rogozhin and Myskin.
(c) Ganja and Radomsky.
(d) Radomsky and Rogozhin.

5. After Myshkin returns to the Yephanchins' house, following the walk in the park and the fight, what does Aglaya show Myshkin how to do?
(a) Sharpen a knife.
(b) Carve a whistle.
(c) Sew a button.
(d) Load a gun.

6. When Nastassya sees Myshkin at the end of Chapter VI, what does she do?
(a) Lay prone on the grass.
(b) Get down on her knees.
(c) Stand above him on the stairs.
(d) Sit down on his lap.

7. What does Myshkin do while he is waiting for Aglaya on the park bench?
(a) He falls asleep.
(b) He watches people and makes up stories about them.
(c) He talks to a stranger.
(d) He reads.

8. What animal does Aglaya buy from Koyla?
(a) An armadillo.
(b) A hedgehog.
(c) A cat.
(d) A rabbit.

9. What entertainment do the Prince and the Yephanchins watch after they walk in the park?
(a) A puppet show.
(b) A band.
(c) A singer.
(d) A juggler.

10. What happens to General Ivolgin?
(a) He is arrested.
(b) He falls down stairs.
(c) He has a stroke.
(d) He is hit by a carriage.

11. At Madam Yephanchin's gathering, who argues that Burdovsky did not take advantage of Myshkin?
(a) Madam Yephanchin.
(b) Radomsky.
(c) Alexandrai.
(d) Aglaya.

12. Who does General Ivolgin tell Myshkin he befriended as a young boy?
(a) Queen Victoria.
(b) Renoir.
(c) Napoleon.
(d) Beethoven.

13. What other literary work does the phrase Aglaya said bring up?
(a) A book.
(b) A poem.
(c) A story.
(d) An article.

14. Who does Madam Yephanchin learn came to visit Aglaya while she was out?
(a) Koyla.
(b) Myshkin.
(c) Ganja.
(d) Rogozhin.

15. What does Hippolite mention seeing in a dream?
(a) A scorpion.
(b) A spider.
(c) A snake.
(d) A rat.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Myshkin tell General Tephanchin when he asks Myshkin about Nastassya?

2. How does Hippolite plan to kill himself?

3. When Myshkin asks about Lebedev's missing money, where does Lebedev tell Myshkin he found the money?

4. Nastassya has written Aglaya several letters that Aglaya shows Myshkin. What do these letters ask Aglaya to do?

5. Who does Aglaya tell her mother she is going to marry, when Madam Yephanchin interrupts Aglaya and Myshkin's meeting in the park?

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