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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. When Nastassya sees Myshkin at the end of Chapter VI, what does she do?
(a) Get down on her knees.
(b) Lay prone on the grass.
(c) Stand above him on the stairs.
(d) Sit down on his lap.

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

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

7. What does Hippolite mention seeing in a dream?
(a) A rat.
(b) A scorpion.
(c) A spider.
(d) A snake.

8. What is Madam Yephanchin's position about the possibility of Myshkin marrying her daughter Aglaya?
(a) She says Myshkin can never marry her daughter.
(b) She says Myshkin must 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.

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

10. What is Radomsky's former profession?
(a) He is a retired army officer.
(b) He is a retired dressmaker.
(c) He is a retired banker.
(d) He is a retired government beaurocrat.

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

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

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

14. Where does Aglaya say she comes some mornings at 7 o'clock?
(a) An isolated stump in a field.
(b) A small cafe on a street corner.
(c) A red newstand by the train station.
(d) A green bench in the park.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Hippolite's response to Madam Yephanchin's anger?

2. Who wrote the article?

3. Who comes in Hippolite's dream, when he calls for help?

4. Where does Myshkin recuperate from his seizure?

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

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