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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To whom does Aglaya ask Koyla to give the animal she's bought?
(a) General Yephanchin.
(b) Ganja.
(c) Myshkin.
(d) Rogozhin.

2. Who comes in Hippolite's dream, when he calls for help?
(a) His father.
(b) His sister.
(c) His brother.
(d) His mother.

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

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

5. What does Myshkin say, when Aglaya asks him to marry her in Part IV, Chapter V?
(a) He says yes and that he loves her.
(b) He says no and that he will never love her.
(c) He says no, but he loves her.
(d) He says yes, but that he will never love her.

6. What does Hippolite do when Myshkin tells him to stop reading?
(a) Hippolite reads louder so he is shouting in Myshkin's ear.
(b) Hippolite stops reading but starts again a moment later.
(c) Hippolite stops reading.
(d) Hippolite continues to read, despite Myshkin's plea.

7. Who wrote the note that Varya finds on Ganja's desk?
(a) Ganja.
(b) Nastassya.
(c) Aglaya.
(d) Myshkin.

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

9. Who is the first visitor who arrives, while Myshkin is recuperating?
(a) Ganja.
(b) Radomsky.
(c) General Ivolgin.
(d) Madam Yephanchin.

10. Why does Hippolite realize, after seeing Rogozhin in his room at night, that Rogozhin couldn't have been there?
(a) Hippolite had barred the door with a wardrobe.
(b) Rogozhin was away all night.
(c) The servants had locked the doors.
(d) Rogozhin had passed out in the foyer all night.

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

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

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

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

15. What is Madam Yephanchin's position about the possibility of Myshkin marrying her daughter Aglaya?
(a) She says Myshkin can only marry her daughter if he's no longer involved with Rogozhin.
(b) She doesn't care if Myshkin marries her daughter.
(c) She says Myshkin must marry her daughter.
(d) She says Myshkin can never marry her daughter.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the beginning of Part III, Chapter VI, what decor from Rogozhin's home does Hippolite talk about?

2. What does Lebedev plan to do about the missing money?

3. What does Hippolite mention seeing in a dream?

4. What has Varya been trying to do in her visits to the Yephanchins' house?

5. What does Burdovsky want from Myshkin?

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