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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. What do some guests at the party criticize Myshkin for?
(a) Inviting himself.
(b) Coming without a partner.
(c) Arriving late.
(d) Arriving early.

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

3. Who does Myshkin try to visit at the Scales hotel?
(a) Lebedev.
(b) Koyla.
(c) Varya.
(d) Ganja.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What illness does Prince Myshkin suffer from?

2. Who is home when Myshkin visits the Yephanchins' house, after leaving Rogozhin?

3. What does Rogozhin do after attempting to kill Myshkin?

4. How did the General's wife react to his gift to Nastassya Filoppovna?

5. What is the General's plan for his daughter Aglaya?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Rogozhin and Lebedev's relationship seem to be like during their conversation on the train?

2. What happens to Myshkin when Rogozhin tries to kill him?

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

4. What happened to the man that Totsky wronged in his story?

5. Why is Ganja marrying Nastassya?

6. What does Nastassya ask Myshkin, after hearing the stories of the men at the party?

7. What does Myshkin say that he does not care about, before he proposes to Nastassya?

8. What wrongs does Ganja accuse Myshkin of during this section?

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

10. How does Ganja's father embarrass him?

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