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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Nastassya has written Aglaya several letters that Aglaya shows Myshkin. What do these letters ask Aglaya to do?
(a) Give Nastassya money.
(b) Stay away from Myshkin.
(c) Steal a cross from Myshkin.
(d) Marry Myshkin.

7. What does the note Varya finds on Ganja's desk ask for?
(a) Friendship.
(b) A meeting.
(c) A favor.
(d) A loan.

8. 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.

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

10. What does Ganja tell Varya he wants to do at the beginning of Part IV?
(a) Invite Myshkin to come stay with them.
(b) Get payment on the loan he mae to Varya.
(c) Throw Ganja's father out of the house.
(d) Help Varya and her husband move out on their own.

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

12. How does Aglaya claim Ganja proved his love for her?
(a) By slapping her across the face.
(b) By carving her name in his arm.
(c) By offering her all the money he has.
(d) By burning his own hand.

13. Where does Hippolite plan to kill himself?
(a) In front of Myshkin's home.
(b) In Nastassya's bedroom.
(c) In Povlovsk Park.
(d) In Rogozhin's library.

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

15. When Radomsky asks for Myshkin's friendship, what is Myshkin's response?
(a) Myshkin immediately offers his friendship.
(b) Myshkin denies his friendship, and then changes his mind.
(c) Myshkin immediately denies his friendship.
(d) Myshkin offers his friendship, and then changes his mind.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote the article?

2. Who does Ganja blame for Burdovsky's claim against Myshkin?

3. Who wrote the note that Varya finds on Ganja's desk?

4. How does Madam Yephanchin feel about the Prince's visitors?

5. When Nastassya sees Myshkin at the end of Chapter VI, what does she do?

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