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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What has Varya been trying to do in her visits to the Yephanchins' house?
(a) Convince General Yephanchin to forgive a loan.
(b) Win a favor from Madam Yephanchin.
(c) Convince Adelaide to run away with Koyla.
(d) Get Aglaya to marry her brother.

2. How long does Ganja tell Myshkin that Nastassya has been in town?
(a) One week.
(b) A fortnight.
(c) Two hours.
(d) Four days.

3. What does Nastassya ask Myshkin?
(a) Whether he loves her.
(b) Whether he is happy.
(c) When he is leaving.
(d) What he is thinking.

4. What does Myshkin tell General Tephanchin when he asks Myshkin about Nastassya?
(a) Myshkin says Nastassya is bewilderingly lovely.
(b) Myshkin says Nastassya is insane.
(c) Myshkin says Nastassya no longer interests him.
(d) Myshkin says Nastassya is kind and misunderstood.

5. At the beginning of Part III, Chapter VI, what decor from Rogozhin's home does Hippolite talk about?
(a) A secret drawer in the dresser.
(b) A lamp that shines all night.
(c) A rug woven in the design of a cross.
(d) A religious painting.

6. Who tells Myshkin that an officer wants to duel him?
(a) Keller.
(b) General Tephanchin.
(c) Nastassya.
(d) Rogozhin.

7. At Madam Yephanchin's gathering, who argues that Burdovsky did not take advantage of Myshkin?
(a) Madam Yephanchin.
(b) Radomsky.
(c) Alexandrai.
(d) Aglaya.

8. Who wrote the note that Varya finds on Ganja's desk?
(a) Myshkin.
(b) Aglaya.
(c) Nastassya.
(d) Ganja.

9. How much money is Lebedev missing?
(a) 400 roubles.
(b) 800 roubles.
(c) 200 roubles.
(d) 600 roubles.

10. When Myshkin asks about Lebedev's missing money, where does Lebedev tell Myshkin he found the money?
(a) Under his chair.
(b) Beneath the seat of a carriage.
(c) In a pot.
(d) In his wallet.

11. Where does Myshkin recuperate from his seizure?
(a) Ganja's boarding house.
(b) Lebedev's villa.
(c) The Yephanchin's house.
(d) Rogozhin's house.

12. How does Madam Yephanchin feel about the Prince's visitors?
(a) She likes the people who are visiting Myshkin.
(b) She dislikes the people who are visiting Myshkin.
(c) She is envious of the people who are visiting Myshkin.
(d) She is bored with the people who are visiting Myshkin.

13. What does Hippolite do when Myshkin tells him to stop reading?
(a) Hippolite reads louder so he is shouting in Myshkin's ear.
(b) Hippolite continues to read, despite Myshkin's plea.
(c) Hippolite stops reading.
(d) Hippolite stops reading but starts again a moment later.

14. What illness does Hippolite have?
(a) Hemophilia.
(b) Dropsy.
(c) Consumption.
(d) Chilblain.

15. How does Ganja feel about HIppolite?
(a) Ganja hates Hippolite.
(b) Ganja doesn't care about Hippolite.
(c) Ganja admires Hippolite.
(d) Ganja loves Hippolite as a brother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the note Varya finds on Ganja's desk ask for?

2. Who does Lebedev think stole his missing money?

3. Why does Hippolite realize, after seeing Rogozhin in his room at night, that Rogozhin couldn't have been there?

4. After Myshkin returns to the Yephanchins' house, following the walk in the park and the fight, what does Aglaya show Myshkin how to do?

5. When Nastassya sees Myshkin at the end of Chapter VI, what does she do?

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