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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 the tale Lebedev tells at Myshkin's celebration about?
(a) Mountaineers who kill each other in competition.
(b) A king being poisoned.
(c) Monks turning to cannibalism.
(d) Sailors stranded on an island.

2. Why does General Ivolgin say he is leaving Lebedev's house?
(a) Because Ganja has promised to take him back.
(b) Because he has fallen in love and wants to marry.
(c) Because he has found a better place to live.
(d) Because he and Lebedev are always arguing.

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

4. What phrase did Koyla overhear Aglaya say while she was reading Don Quixote?
(a) Arrows of adversary.
(b) Stern order of chivalry.
(c) Poor knight.
(d) Tilting at windmills.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lebedev expect Myshkin to do, now that he knows Lebedev was involved with the scandalous article?

2. Where does Myshkin recuperate from his seizure?

3. What happens to General Ivolgin?

4. How does Madam Yephanchin feel about the Prince's visitors?

5. What animal does Aglaya buy from Koyla?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What happens when Hippolite tries to kill himself?

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

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

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

8. Why hasn't Myshkin visited the Yephanchins?

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

10. How do Myshkin and Agalya each interpret Myshkin's earlier letter to Agalya?

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