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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Nastassya use to retrieve the money?
(a) She uses her hands.
(b) She uses tongs.
(c) She has a servant get it.
(d) She uses a bowl.

2. What story does Ganja's father tell?
(a) A story about Ganja's birth under an auspicious sign.
(b) A story about a glorious victory in battle.
(c) A story about the beginning of a rift with the Yephanchin family.
(d) A story about meeting Ganja's mother.

3. What does Rogozhin say his reason is for traveling to Russia?
(a) To take over a business.
(b) To be married.
(c) To find a lost relative.
(d) To collect an inheritance.

4. Who gets fired in Ferdyshchenko's story?
(a) A clerk at a shop.
(b) Ferdyshchenko.
(c) A servant.
(d) Ferdyshchenko's brother.

5. What is Totsky's story about?
(a) Seducing an older woman for money.
(b) Blackmailing a priest.
(c) Stealing a woman's affections.
(d) Sending a false letter to a woman's husband.

6. What does Myshkin learn about Nastassya's engagement to Rogozhin?
(a) Nastassya is rumored to have run off with Rogozhin without marrying him.
(b) Nastassya is rumored to have married Rogozhin and left the country with him.
(c) Nastassya is rumored to have left Rogozhin on their wedding day.
(d) Nastassya is rumored to have married Rogozhin and then left him a week later.

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

8. How does Myshkin react when Ganja calls him an idiot?
(a) Happily.
(b) Sadly.
(c) Unconcernedly.
(d) Angrily.

9. Where does Rogozhin invite Prince Myshkin?
(a) To a formal ball.
(b) To meet Nastassya Flippovna.
(c) To his father's funeral service.
(d) To a state dinner.

10. Who finally brings Myshkin to Nastassya's house?
(a) Koyla.
(b) Rogozhin.
(c) Aglaya.
(d) Ganja.

11. What does Ferdyshchenko suggest making Myshkin do, as punishment for poor behavior?
(a) Sing a song.
(b) Play the piano.
(c) Dance for the group.
(d) Play charades.

12. How long is Myshkin away from St. Petersburg?
(a) Six months.
(b) One year.
(c) Two years.
(d) Eighteen months.

13. What does General Ivolgin do, after promising to bring Myshkin to see Nastassya?
(a) He brings Myshkin down a blind alley and robs him.
(b) He takes up Myshkin's time with long stories, then falls asleep.
(c) He gets drunk and misleads Myshkin.
(d) He gets Myshkin arrested.

14. Who does the General offer Totsky to marry?
(a) Nastassya Filippovna.
(b) His daugher Alexandra.
(c) His daughter Adelaida.
(d) His daughter Aglaya.

15. Where does Ganja live?
(a) In his family's boarding house.
(b) In a room in an old woman's house.
(c) In a cottage on a large estate.
(d) Alone in a small house.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who invites Myshkin to sit next to them?

2. What happens to Ganja's father while Myshkin is away?

3. What does Madam Yephachin tell Myshkin to get for her?

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

5. What does Myshkin think of the picture of Nastassya Filippovna?

(see the answer keys)

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