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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 is Hippolite's response to Madam Yephanchin's anger?
(a) He yells at her.
(b) He cries.
(c) He storms out of the room.
(d) He laughs.

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

3. What does Myshkin say, when Aglaya asks him to marry her in Part IV, Chapter V?
(a) He says yes, but that he will never love her.
(b) He says no and that he will never love her.
(c) He says yes and that he loves her.
(d) He says no, but he loves her.

4. What does Myshkin offer Burdovsky?
(a) A gold cross.
(b) A letter of apology.
(c) A country house.
(d) 10,000 roubles.

5. When the Prince and Rogozhin get back to Myshkin's house, what have a group of visitors gathered to celebrate?
(a) Myshkin's recovery.
(b) Myshkin's inheritance.
(c) Myskin's birthday.
(d) The retraction of the article.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does Aglaya ask Koyla to give the animal she's bought?

2. How long does Ganja tell Myshkin that Nastassya has been in town?

3. What does Myshkin do while he is waiting for Aglaya on the park bench?

4. What does Myshkin tell General Tephanchin when he asks Myshkin about Nastassya?

5. Where does Aglaya say she comes some mornings at 7 o'clock?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Hippolite want to kill himself?

2. What leads up to the violence in the park?

3. What does Myskhin's view of dueling seem to be?

4. What does Madam Yephanchin think about, as she brings Myshkin to her house?

5. How does General Ivolgin act when he talks to Myshkin after his argument with Lebedev?

6. What does Aglaya say to Myshkin, after her proposal to him?

7. Why hasn't Myshkin visited the Yephanchins?

8. What does Madam Yephanchin feel about her daughter's relationship with Myshkin?

9. How does Myshkin feel, when he gets to Madam Yephanchin and is sitting at the table with Aglaya and the other guests?

10. What are Agalya's plans for herself and Myshkin when she first meets him in the park?

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