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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. Who finally brings Myshkin to Nastassya's house?
(a) Ganja.
(b) Rogozhin.
(c) Aglaya.
(d) Koyla.

2. What does Aglaya ask Myshkin to read?
(a) Her diary.
(b) An article in the paper.
(c) A poem from a book in the library.
(d) A letter from Ganja.

3. What does Myshkin learn about Nastassya's engagement to Rogozhin?
(a) Nastassya is rumored to have left Rogozhin on their wedding day.
(b) Nastassya is rumored to have married Rogozhin and then left him a week later.
(c) Nastassya is rumored to have married Rogozhin and left the country with him.
(d) Nastassya is rumored to have run off with Rogozhin without marrying him.

4. How does Madame Yephanchin react to Myshkin?
(a) She dislikes him immediately.
(b) She is annoyed by him.
(c) She likes him immediately.
(d) She distrusts him on sight.

5. How much money is Myshkin about to inherit?
(a) 100,000,000 roubles.
(b) 70,000,000 roubles.
(c) 10,000,000 roubles.
(d) 50,000,000 roubles.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rogozhin say his reason is for traveling to Russia?

2. What game does Nastassya suggest to the men?

3. How long ago did Totsky take in Nastassya as his ward?

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

5. What do Ganja and his family argue about?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Rogozhin become estranged from his father?

2. What does Myshkin do, when Ganja apologizes for hitting him?

3. How does the General treat Prince Myshkin?

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

5. What does Ferdyshchenko describe doing to make sure someone else is blamed for his own theft?

6. How does Ganja come to blows with Myshkin, and how does Myshkin respond?

7. What is Myshkin and Rogozhin's initial meeting like, when Myshkin visits Rogozhin's house upon returning to St. Petersburg?

8. Why is Ganja marrying Nastassya?

9. How does the footman treat Prince Myshkin when he first arrives at the Yephanchins' house?

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

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