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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 recuperate from his seizure?
(a) The Yephanchin's house.
(b) Lebedev's villa.
(c) Rogozhin's house.
(d) Ganja's boarding house.

2. Where does Hippolite plan to kill himself?
(a) In Nastassya's bedroom.
(b) In front of Myshkin's home.
(c) In Rogozhin's library.
(d) In Povlovsk Park.

3. What happens to General Ivolgin?
(a) He has a stroke.
(b) He is arrested.
(c) He is hit by a carriage.
(d) He falls down stairs.

4. Who does Myshkin realize is the woman from his dream in the park?
(a) Ganja's mother.
(b) Aglaya.
(c) Madam Yephanchin.
(d) Nastassya.

5. What does Ganja say happened to Burdovsky's real father?
(a) He died.
(b) He went to prison.
(c) He ran away.
(d) He is in an insane asylum.

Short Answer Questions

1. Does Myshkin believe Lebedev's story about finding the money?

2. Who tells Myshkin that the duel with the officer has been called off?

3. What is Radomsky's view of liberalism?

4. How much money is Lebedev missing?

5. At Madam Yephanchin's gathering, who argues that Burdovsky did not take advantage of Myshkin?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Ganja's attitude toward his father?

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

3. Why does Burdovsky feel he is owed something from Myshkin?

4. Why hasn't Myshkin visited the Yephanchins?

5. How does Madam Yephanchin react, after Burdovsky and his companions object to the information Ganja reveals about Burdovsky?

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

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

8. How does Myshkin answer Nastassya's question to him, and what is Rogozhin's response?

9. How does Aglaya react to winning and losing at games?

10. How do the guests at the Yephanchins' react to Myshkin's response to Radomsky's political views?

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