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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1 Chapters XI-XVI.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Rogozhin suggest that Myshkin should stay, after the fight with Ganja?
(a) With Rogozhin.
(b) At a hotel.
(c) At a hospital.
(d) With the Yephanchins.

2. What does Myshkin threaten to do, after Ganja calls him an idiot?
(a) Pay for his own lodgings elsewhere.
(b) Reveal what he's been doing to Madam Yephanchin.
(c) Fight Ganja in a duel of honor.
(d) Tell General Yephanchin what Ganja has said.

3. What does Myshkin think of the picture of Nastassya Filippovna?
(a) He thinks she looks beautiful and happy.
(b) He thinks she looks unpleasant but happy.
(c) He thinks she looks unpleasant and sad.
(d) He thinks she looks beautiful but tragic.

4. How long ago did Totsky take in Nastassya as his ward?
(a) Twenty-four years.
(b) Eighteen years.
(c) Seven years.
(d) Twelve years.

5. Has Nastassya met Ganja's family before her arrival on Myshkin's first night there?
(a) Yes, she has met them numerous times.
(b) Yes, she has met them once.
(c) No, and the family leaves before Nastassya arrives.
(d) No, it is their first meeting.

Short Answer Questions

1. Does Nastassya accept Myshkin's proposal?

2. Who does the General suggest should marry Nastassya Filippovna?

3. In what country was the hospital located where Prince Myshkin stayed?

4. What gift did the General buy Nastassya Filoppovna?

5. Whose death does Yephanchin tell a story about?

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