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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hippolite say he is going to read?
(a) A newspaper article.
(b) A story.
(c) A poem.
(d) A letter.

2. What illness does Hippolite have?
(a) Dropsy.
(b) Chilblain.
(c) Hemophilia.
(d) Consumption.

3. Who tells Myshkin that an officer wants to duel him?
(a) Keller.
(b) Rogozhin.
(c) Nastassya.
(d) General Tephanchin.

4. What is the tale Lebedev tells at Myshkin's celebration about?
(a) Mountaineers who kill each other in competition.
(b) Monks turning to cannibalism.
(c) A king being poisoned.
(d) Sailors stranded on an island.

5. Where does Aglaya say she comes some mornings at 7 o'clock?
(a) A green bench in the park.
(b) An isolated stump in a field.
(c) A small cafe on a street corner.
(d) A red newstand by the train station.

6. How does Myshkin feel when he leaves the Yephanchin house at the end of Part IV, Chapter V?
(a) Happy.
(b) Angry.
(c) Sad.
(d) Scared.

7. What does Myshkin tell General Tephanchin when he asks Myshkin about Nastassya?
(a) Myshkin says Nastassya is bewilderingly lovely.
(b) Myshkin says Nastassya no longer interests him.
(c) Myshkin says Nastassya is insane.
(d) Myshkin says Nastassya is kind and misunderstood.

8. How does Ganja feel about HIppolite?
(a) Ganja hates Hippolite.
(b) Ganja doesn't care about Hippolite.
(c) Ganja loves Hippolite as a brother.
(d) Ganja admires Hippolite.

9. Who tells Myshkin that the duel with the officer has been called off?
(a) Lebedev.
(b) Hippolite.
(c) Radomsky.
(d) Madame Yephanchin.

10. How long does Ganja tell Myshkin that Nastassya has been in town?
(a) One week.
(b) Two hours.
(c) A fortnight.
(d) Four days.

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

12. What games do Aglaya's sisters report that she played with her visitor?
(a) Chess and darts.
(b) Cards and chess.
(c) Croquet and cards.
(d) Darts and croquet.

13. Who wrote the article?
(a) Ganja.
(b) Keller.
(c) Pavlishtchev.
(d) Hippolite.

14. Who does Aglaya tell her mother she is going to marry, when Madam Yephanchin interrupts Aglaya and Myshkin's meeting in the park?
(a) Rogozhin.
(b) Lebedyev.
(c) Myshkin.
(d) Ganja.

15. At the beginning of Part III, Chapter VI, what decor from Rogozhin's home does Hippolite talk about?
(a) A lamp that shines all night.
(b) A rug woven in the design of a cross.
(c) A religious painting.
(d) A secret drawer in the dresser.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Myshkin recuperate from his seizure?

2. What happens to General Ivolgin?

3. What does Lebedev expect Myshkin to do, now that he knows Lebedev was involved with the scandalous article?

4. After Myshkin returns to the Yephanchins' house, following the walk in the park and the fight, what does Aglaya show Myshkin how to do?

5. Who first points out the article about Myshkin in the newspaper?

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