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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. What does Rogozhin say his reason is for traveling to Russia?
(a) To collect an inheritance.
(b) To take over a business.
(c) To find a lost relative.
(d) To be married.

2. Who does Ganja ask Myshkin to deliver a secret letter to?
(a) Aglaya.
(b) Madam Yephachin.
(c) General Yephachin.
(d) Nastassya Filippovna.

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

4. What does Nastassya say about Myshkin after his proposal?
(a) She says at least he is a rich idiot.
(b) She says he only pretends to be an idiot.
(c) She says he is not an idiot afterall.
(d) She says he is an idiot.

5. What is the General's plan for his daughter Aglaya?
(a) He plans her to be educated as a teacher.
(b) He plans her to be educated as an artist.
(c) He plans her to marry a rich man.
(d) He plans her to be sent to a convent.

Short Answer Questions

1. What reason does Ganja give for wanting Myshkin as a friend?

2. What gift did the General buy Nastassya Filoppovna?

3. Where does Myshkin go to claim his inheritance?

4. How does Lebedev react when Rogozhin tells who he is?

5. Who does Nastassya expect to try to get the money?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Ganja's father embarrass him?

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

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

4. What stories does Myshkin tell Rogozhin about religion?

5. How does the General treat Prince Myshkin?

6. How do the Yephanchins' three daughters react to Myshkin?

7. What wrongs does Ganja accuse Myshkin of during this section?

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

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

10. What does Nastassya say initially to Myshkin's proposal?

(see the answer keys)

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