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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. How does Myshkin react when Ganja calls him an idiot?
2. Where does Rogozhin invite Prince Myshkin?
3. How does the General describe the Prince to his wife?
4. What do some guests at the party criticize Myshkin for?
5. What does Ferdyshchenko suggest making Myshkin do, as punishment for poor behavior?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happens to Myshkin when Rogozhin tries to kill him?
2. How did Rogozhin become estranged from his father?
3. How does Myshkin respond when Adelaide asks him about falling in love?
4. How does the General treat Prince Myshkin?
5. What does Myshkin say that he does not care about, before he proposes to Nastassya?
6. Why is Ganja marrying Nastassya?
7. What does Yephanchin say that he did to make up for his guilty feelings?
8. What does Rogozhin describe as having happened between him and Nastassya before she left him?
9. How does Myshkin describe Aglaya?
10. How does Nastassya react to Rogozhin's offer of a present?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the role that society's criticism and approval plays in the characters' lives in the novel.
1) What types of actions are criticized and approved of by society in the novel? How does the society as a whole make its criticism or approval felt to the characters?
2) How do characters respond to societal pressure or societal disapproval? How does it influence characters' actions? How do the characters respond to society's expectations and approval? Do characters actively try to gain societal approval?
3) How is Myshkin perceived by society? When and how is he criticized or approved? How does societal criticism or approval affect Myshkin?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss how characters in the novel define themselves, and their relationships to others.
1) How does Rogozhin define himself in the novel? What is his perception of himself? How does his own self-perception lead him to violence against both Myshkin and Nastassya?
2) How does Nastassya define herself in the novel? How does her relationship with Totsky affect her self-perception? How does her view of herself affect her relationships with Rogozhin and with Myshkin?
3) How does Aglyana perceive herself? How do her parents' and sisters' attitudes affect her self-perception? How does her definition of herself affect her relationships with others, including her romantic relationships with Ganja and Myshkin? What leads her to the confrontation with Nastassya after Myshkin's seizure?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss death in the novel.
1) Discuss Hippolite's attempted suicide and impending death from disease. How does Hippolite perceive death? How does he deal with impending death?
2) Discuss General Ivolgin's death from stroke. What does death mean to the General and those around him? What perspective does his first stroke and eventual death put on his disagreement with Lebedev?
3) Discuss Nastassya's death. What leads up to her death? What does her death mean to Rogozhin and to Myshkin? What does death mean to Nastassya?
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