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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 tells Myshkin that the duel with the officer has been called off?
2. What illness does Hippolite have?
3. How does the party react when Vera says Hippolite is going to kill himself?
4. Who comes in Hippolite's dream, when he calls for help?
5. Why does General Ivolgin say he is leaving Lebedev's house?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Aglaya say to Myshkin, after her proposal to him?
2. How does Myshkin feel, when he gets to Madam Yephanchin and is sitting at the table with Aglaya and the other guests?
3. What is Ganja's attitude toward his father?
4. What leads up to the violence in the park?
5. What are Agalya's plans for herself and Myshkin when she first meets him in the park?
6. What does Keller ask Myshkin for?
7. Why hasn't Myshkin visited the Yephanchins?
8. Why does Burdovsky feel he is owed something from Myshkin?
9. How do the guests at the Yephanchins' react to Myshkin's response to Radomsky's political views?
10. How does Myshkin contradict what Aglaya has told him about Ganja?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Discuss the expectations that characters put on others in the novel.
1) What do the members of society expect Myshkin to be like? How do they treat Myshkin when he does not meet their expectations?
2) What do the characters expect of their friends and family members in the novel? What do Aglyana's parents expect of her, and how do their expectations shape her behavior? What does Nastassya's guardian expect from her, and how do his expectations shape her behavior?
3) What does Myshkin expect from others in the novel?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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