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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who does Myshkin think is following him?
2. What does Ferdyshchenko suggest making Myshkin do, as punishment for poor behavior?
3. Where does Myshkin plan to live?
4. What does Aglaya ask Myshkin to read?
5. What does Ganja's father throw out a window in the story?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happened to the man that Totsky wronged in his story?
2. How does Myshkin describe Aglaya?
3. What does Myshkin say that he does not care about, before he proposes to Nastassya?
4. What does Rogozhin and Lebedev's relationship seem to be like during their conversation on the train?
5. How does Nastassya react to Rogozhin's offer of a present?
6. What does Nastassya ask Myshkin, after hearing the stories of the men at the party?
7. How does Myshkin respond when Adelaide asks him about falling in love?
8. What reason does Yephanchin say he has to be guilty over someone's death?
9. What does Ferdyshchenko do with his ill-gotten gains?
10. Why is Ganja marrying Nastassya?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Myshkin and Rogozhin are the two main male characters in the novel, and they are contrasted in many ways. Discuss the similarities and differences between Rogozhin and Myshkin.
1) How are Myshkin and Rogozhin physically different? How are their social positions and possessions different? What do these differences indicate about their characters?
2) Compare Myshkin and Rogozhins' responses to others. How do they react to perceived wrongs? How do they react to the forces of society and individuals that influence their behaviors?
3) Why do Myshkin and Rogozhin become close, so that Myshkin greets Rogozhin as a brother? Why does Rogozhin go to Myshkin at the end of the novel after he's killed Nastassya? In what ways are the men similar, and what bond do they share?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss religion in the novel.
1) What stories do the characters tell about religion and about God? What do these stories mean? Why does the author include them in the novel?
2) What do Myshkin and Rogozhin say about the religious painting in Rogozhin's house? What is the significance of the painting? Does it reveal anything about Rogozhin's relationship to religion? What about the crosses that the two men exchange? What is the religious significance of the crosses?
3) How does Myshkin react when he learns his benefactor turned to Catholicism before his death? What does this say about Myshkin's attitude toward religion? How is Myshkin's attitude toward religion different than the other characters' attitudes?
Essay Topic 3
Throughout the novel, characters communicate private messages through letters. Discuss the role of letters in the novel.
1) Why do characters use letters to communicate? What types of messages do the characters communicate through letters?
2) How do the intentions of letter-writers and the meanings interpreted by readers differ? Why? What does this say about communication in the novel?
3) How do letters being read by unintended audiences or not delivered affect the course of the story?
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