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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. How long is Myshkin away from St. Petersburg?
2. What does Nastassya use to retrieve the money?
3. Who does Myshkin try to visit at the Scales hotel?
4. Whose house does Myshkin go to when he first arrives back in St. Petersburg?
5. What illness does Prince Myshkin suffer from?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Myshkin describe Aglaya?
2. What does Myshkin say that he does not care about, before he proposes to Nastassya?
3. What does Ferdyshchenko do with his ill-gotten gains?
4. How does Madam Yephanchin react to Myshkin going off to collect his inheritance?
5. How did Rogozhin become estranged from his father?
6. What is Myshkin and Rogozhin's initial meeting like, when Myshkin visits Rogozhin's house upon returning to St. Petersburg?
7. What does Nastassya ask Myshkin, after hearing the stories of the men at the party?
8. How does Nastassya react to Rogozhin's offer of a present?
9. What does Ferdyshchenko describe doing to make sure someone else is blamed for his own theft?
10. What does Rogozhin describe as having happened between him and Nastassya before she left him?
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 the role that society's criticism and approval plays in the characters' lives in the novel.
1) What types of actions are criticized and approved of by society in the novel? How does the society as a whole make its criticism or approval felt to the characters?
2) How do characters respond to societal pressure or societal disapproval? How does it influence characters' actions? How do the characters respond to society's expectations and approval? Do characters actively try to gain societal approval?
3) How is Myshkin perceived by society? When and how is he criticized or approved? How does societal criticism or approval affect Myshkin?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the role of family in the characters' lives.
1) How do the characters' families and social positions affect their lives? How do family relationships affect how the characters are accepted by society?
2) How does it affect Nastassya that her parents are killed when she is young? How do the characters' upbringings affect their personalities and attitudes?
3) How do the characters' families try to influence the characters' lives and decisions? What forces do families use to influence family members' behavior.
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