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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. Where does Myshkin plan to live?
(a) He arranges to live with the Yephanchins.
(b) He arranges to stay with Rogozhin permanently.
(c) He arranges to rent Lebedyev's house in Palovsk.
(d) He arranges to buy a house next to Ganja's.

2. How does the General describe the Prince to his wife?
(a) As a very strange, unnatural man.
(b) As a very ill and incapacitated man.
(c) As a happy-go-lucky, carefree man.
(d) As a pleasant, interesting man.

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

4. What does Ganja ask Aglaya to do?
(a) Prevent her mother from learning what her father is doing.
(b) Run away to marry Myshkin.
(c) Save him from marrying Nastassya.
(d) Arrange a marriage for her sister.

5. Has Nastassya met Ganja's family before her arrival on Myshkin's first night there?
(a) No, it is their first meeting.
(b) Yes, she has met them numerous times.
(c) No, and the family leaves before Nastassya arrives.
(d) Yes, she has met them once.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the party guests decide what order to play the game?

2. What does Myshkin pick up without thinking about it, while he is talking to Rogozhin?

3. What does Madam Yephanchin think her husband is doing behind her back?

4. What do Rogozhin and Myshkin exchange with each other?

5. What is Rogozhin's explanation for why Nastassya left him?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Myshkin respond when Adelaide asks him about falling in love?

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

4. What happens to Myshkin when Rogozhin tries to kill him?

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

6. What does Myshkin predict about Rogozhin and Nastassya Filippovna?

7. What happened to the man that Totsky wronged in his story?

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

9. How does the General treat Prince Myshkin?

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

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