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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Lebedev think stole his missing money?
(a) Ferdyshchenko.
(b) Myshkin.
(c) General Yephanchin.
(d) Rogozhin.

2. How does the party react when Vera says Hippolite is going to kill himself?
(a) No one reacts, acting bored.
(b) Everyone laughs, disbelieving.
(c) Everyone is upset and runs to stop Hippolite.
(d) Everyone gets angry and yells at Hippolite.

3. When the Prince and Rogozhin get back to Myshkin's house, what have a group of visitors gathered to celebrate?
(a) The retraction of the article.
(b) Myskin's birthday.
(c) Myshkin's inheritance.
(d) Myshkin's recovery.

4. What does Koyla ask his father to do?
(a) Apologize to Ganja.
(b) Find a job.
(c) Leave the city with Koyla.
(d) Come home.

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

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

7. Where does Myshkin recuperate from his seizure?
(a) Rogozhin's house.
(b) Lebedev's villa.
(c) The Yephanchin's house.
(d) Ganja's boarding house.

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

9. What does Aglaya change when she recites from a reading?
(a) The location of a house.
(b) Initials on a rosary.
(c) Adjectives describing a book.
(d) The name of a character.

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

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

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

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

14. What phrase did Koyla overhear Aglaya say while she was reading Don Quixote?
(a) Stern order of chivalry.
(b) Poor knight.
(c) Arrows of adversary.
(d) Tilting at windmills.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What games do Aglaya's sisters report that she played with her visitor?

2. Who tells Myshkin that the duel with the officer has been called off?

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

4. Who is Ganja arguing with, when Varya comes home at the beginning of Part IV?

5. How much money is Lebedev missing?

(see the answer keys)

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