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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. To whom does Aglaya ask Koyla to give the animal she's bought?
2. How long does Ganja tell Myshkin that Nastassya has been in town?
3. When Myshkin asks about Lebedev's missing money, where does Lebedev tell Myshkin he found the money?
4. What does Myshkin offer Burdovsky?
5. Who comes in Hippolite's dream, when he calls for help?
Short Essay Questions
1. What are Agalya's plans for herself and Myshkin when she first meets him in the park?
2. What does Keller ask Myshkin for?
3. How does Aglaya react to winning and losing at games?
4. What does Madam Yephanchin think about, as she brings Myshkin to her house?
5. How does General Ivolgin act when he talks to Myshkin after his argument with Lebedev?
6. What does Aglaya say to Myshkin, after her proposal to him?
7. How does Madam Yephanchin react, after Burdovsky and his companions object to the information Ganja reveals about Burdovsky?
8. How does Myshkin feel, when he gets to Madam Yephanchin and is sitting at the table with Aglaya and the other guests?
9. How does Myshkin answer Nastassya's question to him, and what is Rogozhin's response?
10. What leads up to the violence in the park?
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
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?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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