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

2. Who does Ganja blame for Burdovsky's claim against Myshkin?
(a) Burdovsky's mother.
(b) Government officials.
(c) Bankers.
(d) Lawyers.

3. What illness does Hippolite have?
(a) Consumption.
(b) Dropsy.
(c) Chilblain.
(d) Hemophilia.

4. How does Aglaya claim Ganja proved his love for her?
(a) By slapping her across the face.
(b) By burning his own hand.
(c) By offering her all the money he has.
(d) By carving her name in his arm.

5. Who first points out the article about Myshkin in the newspaper?
(a) Koyla.
(b) Madam Yephanchin.
(c) Burdovsky.
(d) Hippolite.

Short Answer Questions

1. What animal does Aglaya buy from Koyla?

2. Where does Hippolite plan to kill himself?

3. What entertainment do the Prince and the Yephanchins watch after they walk in the park?

4. What does Aglaya change when she recites from a reading?

5. Who does General Ivolgin tell Myshkin he befriended as a young boy?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why hasn't Myshkin visited the Yephanchins?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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