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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. What is the General's opinion of Rogozhin?
(a) The General admires him.
(b) The General doesn't know him.
(c) The General is jealous of him.
(d) The General dislikes him.

2. What reason does Ganja give for wanting Myshkin as a friend?
(a) That Myshkin is fun to listen to.
(b) That he needs someone like Myshkin to believe in his goodness.
(c) That he wants to keep an eye on Myshkin, who he doesn't trust.
(d) That scoundrels need honest men.

3. What does Prince Myshkin smoke?
(a) A cigarette.
(b) A pipe.
(c) A cigar.
(d) A hooka.

4. How does the General describe the Prince to his wife?
(a) As a pleasant, interesting man.
(b) As a very ill and incapacitated man.
(c) As a happy-go-lucky, carefree man.
(d) As a very strange, unnatural man.

5. What state is Rogozhin in when he visits Ganja's house on Myshkin's first night there?
(a) He is crying uncontrollably.
(b) He is exhausted and falling asleep.
(c) He is injured and in need of a doctor.
(d) He is drunk.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is at the door at Ganja's home, when Myshkin answers it?

2. What does Nastassya do with Rogozhin's money?

3. At the beginning of the first chapter, where are the men in the train traveling to?

4. What skill does the Prince tell the General that he has?

5. What does Ganja ask Aglaya to do?

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