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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the Yephachin women ask what Myshkin thinks of them, who does he avoid commenting on?
(a) Alexandra.
(b) Madam Yephachin.
(c) Aglaya.
(d) Adelaide.

2. Who invites Myshkin to sit next to them?
(a) Nastassya.
(b) Ganja.
(c) Ferdyshchenko.
(d) General Yephanchin.

3. In what country was the hospital located where Prince Myshkin stayed?
(a) Belgium.
(b) Austria.
(c) Switzerland.
(d) Germany.

4. What story does Ganja's father tell?
(a) A story about the beginning of a rift with the Yephanchin family.
(b) A story about a glorious victory in battle.
(c) A story about Ganja's birth under an auspicious sign.
(d) A story about meeting Ganja's mother.

5. Who does the visitor mistake Myshkin for?
(a) A relative of Ganja's.
(b) A tradesman selling kitchenware.
(c) A man courting Ganja's sister.
(d) A footman.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ganja ask Aglaya to do?

2. Whose death does Yephanchin tell a story about?

3. What does Prince Myshkin smoke?

4. How many daughters do the Yephanchins have?

5. How does Myshkin react when Ganja calls him an idiot?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Madam Yephanchin react to Myshkin going off to collect his inheritance?

2. What does Ferdyshchenko do with his ill-gotten gains?

3. Why is Ganja marrying Nastassya?

4. What stories does Myshkin tell Rogozhin about religion?

5. What does Yephanchin say that he did to make up for his guilty feelings?

6. How did Rogozhin become estranged from his father?

7. What does Rogozhin and Lebedev's relationship seem to be like during their conversation on the train?

8. How does Nastassya react to Rogozhin's offer of a present?

9. How does the General treat Prince Myshkin?

10. What does Myshkin feel when he gets off the train arriving in St. Petersburg?

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