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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 do after attempting to kill Myshkin?
2. Who does the General suggest should marry Nastassya Filippovna?
3. Where does Rogozhin invite Prince Myshkin?
4. What does Nastassya do with Rogozhin's money?
5. Where does Rogozhin suggest that Myshkin should stay, after the fight with Ganja?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Rogozhin and Lebedev's relationship seem to be like during their conversation on the train?
2. How does the footman treat Prince Myshkin when he first arrives at the Yephanchins' house?
3. What happens to Myshkin when Rogozhin tries to kill him?
4. How does Ganja's father embarrass him?
5. What does Nastassya ask Myshkin, after hearing the stories of the men at the party?
6. What does Ferdyshchenko describe doing to make sure someone else is blamed for his own theft?
7. What happened to the man that Totsky wronged in his story?
8. How did Rogozhin become estranged from his father?
9. What does Yephanchin say that he did to make up for his guilty feelings?
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
In the society depicted in the novel, marriage is an important institution. The characters try to arrange marriages for themselves and for others. Discuss marriage in the novel.
1) How do the characters choose who they want to marry? How does Myshkin decide first to marry Aglaya and then Nastassya? How does Nastassya determine to marry Myshkin, and then run off with Rogozhin?
2) How do family members influence marriage? How do Aglaya's parents think of their daughter's marriage? What influence do they have on her marriage?
3) How does society view marriage? What relation does money and social position have to marriage? Does society influence the marriage choices that the characters make?
Essay Topic 2
Much of the action in the novel happens at parties and social gatherings. Discuss the importance of parties and social gatherings in the novel.
1) Why does so much of the action of the novel take place at parties and social gatherings? How do the characters react differently in these social situations, than in private?
2) What role do parties and social gatherings fulfill in the culture of St. Petersburg? How do they affect the social relationships and social order of the characters?
3) How are events at parties and social gatherings reviewed and critiqued by the people attending the gatherings? How does this change the consequences of those events, which are witnessed by groups of people?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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