The Idiot — Questions and answers

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What did Parfyon Rogozhin give to Nastasya Filippovna, which led to his father beating him?

Choices

  1. a gold necklace
  2. diamond earrings ✓
  3. a valuable painting
  4. a silk scarf

Answer: diamond earrings

From page 1

What did General Yepanchin show Prince Myshkin that depicted Nastasya Filippovna?

Choices

  1. a photograph ✓
  2. a letter
  3. a miniature portrait
  4. a drawing

Answer: a photograph

From page 2

How much money did Rogozhin throw on the table at Nastasya Filippovna’s birthday party?

Choices

  1. fifty thousand rubles
  2. two hundred thousand rubles
  3. ten thousand rubles
  4. one hundred thousand rubles ✓

Answer: one hundred thousand rubles

From page 3

Where was Prince Myshkin living when he had fallen in love with Aglaya?

Choices

  1. Pavlovsk ✓
  2. Moscow
  3. Switzerland
  4. St. Petersburg

Answer: Pavlovsk

From page 4

What painting did Rogozhin show Prince Myshkin in his St. Petersburg study?

Choices

  1. a portrait of Nastasya Filippovna
  2. a copy of Holbein’s Christ in the Tomb ✓
  3. a religious icon
  4. a landscape of the Swiss Alps

Answer: a copy of Holbein’s Christ in the Tomb

From page 5

Where did Aglaya ask Prince Myshkin to meet her for their conversation?

Choices

  1. on a park bench ✓
  2. in a café
  3. at the Yepanchin house
  4. by the river

Answer: on a park bench

From page 6

What object did Prince Myshkin accidentally break at the Yepanchins' soirée?

Choices

  1. a crystal goblet
  2. a porcelain plate
  3. a marble statue
  4. a huge, priceless Chinese vase ✓

Answer: a huge, priceless Chinese vase

From page 7

Where did Aglaya arrange a meeting with Nastasya Filippovna, forcing Prince Myshkin to come?

Choices

  1. on a wooden bridge ✓
  2. in the Yepanchin drawing-room
  3. at Nastasya's house
  4. in a public garden

Answer: on a wooden bridge

From page 8

Who did Nastasya Filippovna run to on her wedding day, instead of marrying Prince Myshkin?

Choices

  1. an unknown man
  2. Rogozhin ✓
  3. General Yepanchin
  4. a handsome officer

Answer: Rogozhin

From page 9

Where was Prince Myshkin sent after his mind was broken by the world's violent passions?

Choices

  1. to his family estate
  2. to a monastery
  3. back to Switzerland ✓
  4. to a hospital in St. Petersburg

Answer: back to Switzerland

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