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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Madame Yephanchin react to Myshkin?
(a) She dislikes him immediately.
(b) She distrusts him on sight.
(c) She is annoyed by him.
(d) She likes him immediately.

2. Who does the General find a picture of?
(a) Ganja.
(b) Totsky.
(c) Nastassya Flippovna.
(d) Prince Myshkin.

3. Does Nastassya accept Myshkin's proposal?
(a) No, she accepts no one's proposal.
(b) No, she accepts Rogozhin immediately.
(c) Yes, and she leaves with him.
(d) Yes, but then she almost immediately leavs with Rogozhin.

4. What skill does the Prince tell the General that he has?
(a) Cartography.
(b) Architectural drafting.
(c) Calligraphy.
(d) Caricature.

5. What does Madam Yephachin tell Myshkin to get for her?
(a) The tea service from the kitchen.
(b) Nastassya Filippovna's photograph.
(c) Her husband's accounting book.
(d) A jewel case from her bedroom.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Myshkin plan to live?

2. What does Prince Myshkin smoke?

3. Who does Myshkin think is following him?

4. What does Myshkin learn about Nastassya's engagement to Rogozhin?

5. What is Totsky's story about?

Short Essay Questions

1. What reason does Yephanchin say he has to be guilty over someone's death?

2. What stories does Myshkin tell Rogozhin about religion?

3. What does Nastassya say initially to Myshkin's proposal?

4. How does Nastassya react to Rogozhin's offer of a present?

5. What does Ferdyshchenko do with his ill-gotten gains?

6. What does Myshkin do, when Ganja apologizes for hitting him?

7. How do the Yephanchins' three daughters react to Myshkin?

8. How does Myshkin describe Aglaya?

9. What does Myshkin feel when he gets off the train arriving in St. Petersburg?

10. How does the footman treat Prince Myshkin when he first arrives at the Yephanchins' house?

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