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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 is the first visitor who arrives, while Myshkin is recuperating?
(a) Radomsky.
(b) General Ivolgin.
(c) Madam Yephanchin.
(d) Ganja.

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

3. What does Aglaya change when she recites from a reading?
(a) Initials on a rosary.
(b) The location of a house.
(c) Adjectives describing a book.
(d) The name of a character.

4. At the beginning of Part III, Chapter VI, what decor from Rogozhin's home does Hippolite talk about?
(a) A rug woven in the design of a cross.
(b) A lamp that shines all night.
(c) A religious painting.
(d) A secret drawer in the dresser.

5. Who comes in Hippolite's dream, when he calls for help?
(a) His sister.
(b) His father.
(c) His mother.
(d) His brother.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who does Myshkin stop one of the officer friends of the Yephanshins from hitting?

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

4. What animal does Aglaya buy from Koyla?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Myshkin contradict what Aglaya has told him about Ganja?

2. How does Myshkin learn that Nastassya is in town?

3. What happens when Hippolite tries to kill himself?

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

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

6. What does Ganja report about Burdovsky's relationship with Pavlishtchev?

7. How would Myshkin probably act, if he were in Lebedev's place in the disagreement between Lebedev and General Ivolgin?

8. What does Keller ask Myshkin for?

9. How does Myshkin treat Rogozhin, after Rogozhin tried to kill him?

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

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