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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What reason does Myshkin give Aglaya for him coming to Pavlovsk?
(a) Myshkin says he came to get away from Moscow.
(b) Myshkin says he came to rekindle his friendship with Rogozhin.
(c) Myshkin says he came to win Nastassya's love.
(d) Myshkin says he came to be near Aglaya.

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

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

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

7. At Madam Yephanchin's gathering, who argues that Burdovsky did not take advantage of Myshkin?
(a) Radomsky.
(b) Madam Yephanchin.
(c) Aglaya.
(d) Alexandrai.

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

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

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

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

12. What does Burdovsky want from Myshkin?
(a) Friendship.
(b) Money.
(c) An apology.
(d) Revenge.

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

14. What does Lebedev plan to do about the missing money?
(a) Follow the suspected thief.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Rob the suspected thief's house.
(d) Mug the suspected thief.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does Ganja tell Myshkin that Nastassya has been in town?

2. Where does Myshkin recuperate from his seizure?

3. Who tells Myshkin that an officer wants to duel him?

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

5. What is Radomsky's former profession?

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