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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 reason does Myshkin give Aglaya for him coming to Pavlovsk?
(a) Myshkin says he came to rekindle his friendship with Rogozhin.
(b) Myshkin says he came to win Nastassya's love.
(c) Myshkin says he came to be near Aglaya.
(d) Myshkin says he came to get away from Moscow.

2. How does the party react when Vera says Hippolite is going to kill himself?
(a) No one reacts, acting bored.
(b) Everyone is upset and runs to stop Hippolite.
(c) Everyone laughs, disbelieving.
(d) Everyone gets angry and yells at Hippolite.

3. When Hippolite wakes at Myshkin's celebration, how long does a party member say he's been asleep?
(a) Twenty minutes.
(b) One hour.
(c) Seven minutes.
(d) Forty-two minutes.

4. Who tells Myshkin that an officer wants to duel him?
(a) Rogozhin.
(b) Keller.
(c) Nastassya.
(d) General Tephanchin.

5. How does Myshkin feel when he leaves the Yephanchin house at the end of Part IV, Chapter V?
(a) Scared.
(b) Sad.
(c) Angry.
(d) Happy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Ganja blame for Burdovsky's claim against Myshkin?

2. What is the tale Lebedev tells at Myshkin's celebration about?

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

4. How does Myshkin react to the idea that someone stole Lebedev's money?

5. Who wrote the article?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why hasn't Myshkin visited the Yephanchins?

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

6. What happens when Hippolite tries to kill himself?

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

8. Why does Hippolite want to kill himself?

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

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

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