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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. Who does the General suggest that Prince Myshkin stay with?
2. What does Aglaya ask Myshkin to do?
3. What is the General's opinion of Rogozhin?
4. What does Myshkin think of the picture of Nastassya Filippovna?
5. What happens to Ganja, after Nastassya gives up Rogozhin's money?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Ferdyshchenko do with his ill-gotten gains?
2. What does Myshkin do, when Ganja apologizes for hitting him?
3. What happens to Myshkin when Rogozhin tries to kill him?
4. What does Yephanchin say that he did to make up for his guilty feelings?
5. What does Myshkin say that he does not care about, before he proposes to Nastassya?
6. What reason does Yephanchin say he has to be guilty over someone's death?
7. What wrongs does Ganja accuse Myshkin of during this section?
8. What does Rogozhin describe as having happened between him and Nastassya before she left him?
9. How does the General treat Prince Myshkin?
10. How does Ganja's father embarrass 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
Discuss the role of family in the characters' lives.
1) How do the characters' families and social positions affect their lives? How do family relationships affect how the characters are accepted by society?
2) How does it affect Nastassya that her parents are killed when she is young? How do the characters' upbringings affect their personalities and attitudes?
3) How do the characters' families try to influence the characters' lives and decisions? What forces do families use to influence family members' behavior.
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the values of St. Petersburg society that are revealed in the novel.
1) What are the professed values of the characters in the novel? How do they express their professed values?
2) What values are revealed by the characters' actions? How are the values the characters live by different from the values they profess?
3) How are Myshkin's value and style of living different from the values of St. Petersburg society? How does Myshkin reveal the values of St. Petersburg society, by comparison?
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