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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. What does Rogozhin give to Nastassya?
2. How long is Myshkin away from St. Petersburg?
3. How does Nastassya react to Rogozhin's arrival?
4. What is the General's plan for his daughter Aglaya?
5. Who does the General suggest should marry Nastassya Filippovna?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Madam Yephanchin react to Myshkin going off to collect his inheritance?
2. What does Ferdyshchenko do with his ill-gotten gains?
3. What does Rogozhin describe as having happened between him and Nastassya before she left him?
4. What does Myshkin say that he does not care about, before he proposes to Nastassya?
5. What happened to the man that Totsky wronged in his story?
6. What does Yephanchin say that he did to make up for his guilty feelings?
7. What does Nastassya say initially to Myshkin's proposal?
8. What wrongs does Ganja accuse Myshkin of during this section?
9. What happens to Myshkin when Rogozhin tries to kill him?
10. What does Myshkin do, when Ganja apologizes for hitting him?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Myshkin and Rogozhin are the two main male characters in the novel, and they are contrasted in many ways. Discuss the similarities and differences between Rogozhin and Myshkin.
1) How are Myshkin and Rogozhin physically different? How are their social positions and possessions different? What do these differences indicate about their characters?
2) Compare Myshkin and Rogozhins' responses to others. How do they react to perceived wrongs? How do they react to the forces of society and individuals that influence their behaviors?
3) Why do Myshkin and Rogozhin become close, so that Myshkin greets Rogozhin as a brother? Why does Rogozhin go to Myshkin at the end of the novel after he's killed Nastassya? In what ways are the men similar, and what bond do they share?
Essay Topic 3
Nastassya and Aglyana are the two main female characters in the novel. Compare these two characters.
1) In what ways does Nastassya parallel Rogozhin in the novel? In what ways does Aglyana parallel Myshkin? How are the relationships between the two major male characters and the two major female characters similar and different?
2) Compare Nastassya and Aglyana. How are their home lives and upbringing similar and different? How are they perceived by others? How do others affect their actions?
3) Compare the eventual fates of Nastassya and Aglyana. Why is Aglyana the only major character to go on and live a normal life after the climax of the novel? What does this say about Aglyana's emotions and character?
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