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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Who does Myshkin realize is the woman from his dream in the park?
(a) Nastassya.
(b) Aglaya.
(c) Ganja's mother.
(d) Madam Yephanchin.

5. What does Myshkin offer Burdovsky?
(a) A gold cross.
(b) A country house.
(c) 10,000 roubles.
(d) A letter of apology.

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 insane.
(c) Myshkin says Nastassya is bewilderingly lovely.
(d) Myshkin says Nastassya is kind and misunderstood.

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

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

9. Why does General Ivolgin say he is leaving Lebedev's house?
(a) Because he has fallen in love and wants to marry.
(b) Because he and Lebedev are always arguing.
(c) Because he has found a better place to live.
(d) Because Ganja has promised to take him back.

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

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

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

13. Who does Ganja blame for Burdovsky's claim against Myshkin?
(a) Bankers.
(b) Burdovsky's mother.
(c) Government officials.
(d) Lawyers.

14. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Madam Yephanchin learn came to visit Aglaya while she was out?

2. Why does Hippolite realize, after seeing Rogozhin in his room at night, that Rogozhin couldn't have been there?

3. What is the tale Lebedev tells at Myshkin's celebration about?

4. How does Myshkin react to the idea that someone stole Lebedev's money?

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

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