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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. Why does Raskolnikov enter the bar?
(a) To find a woman
(b) To get drunk
(c) To read the newspapers
(d) To ask directions

2. Why did Luzhin want to marry Dunya so much?
(a) Because he loved her
(b) To possess a impoverished girl
(c) To annoy her brother
(d) To have beautiful children

3. What does Raskolnikov find around the women's neck?
(a) A key
(b) A tattoo
(c) A gold chain
(d) A small photograph of himself

4. What does Raskolnikov accuse Dunya of doing?
(a) Selling herself
(b) Laughing at him
(c) Being greedy
(d) Not following her true feelings

5. Whose presence does Luzhin complain about?
(a) Svidrigaylov
(b) Razumikhin
(c) Raskolnikov
(d) Dunya

Short Answer Questions

1. What Russian city does the story take place?

2. Which of the following does Razumikhin say to describe Raskolnikov's present state?

3. What does Raskolnikov kill the old lady with?

4. What does Porfiry say a murderer cannot run away from?

5. What is Sonia's surname?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Raskolnikov think of his sister's fiance Luzhin?

2. Why is chapter six such an important scene in the novel?

3. What does the first chapter say about Raskolnikov's character?

4. How do you think the people in Raskolnikov's dream relate to his current situation?

5. Why do you think Dunya chooses her brother over her fiance Luzhin?

6. What does Sonia symbolize to Raskolnikov?

7. Why do you think Dunya and Mrs. Raskolnikov are not so pleasant to Luzhin in chapter 2?

8. Why do you think Raskolnikov arranges to meet Porfiry?

9. Why do you think Raskolnikov visits Sonia?

10. In what way does Dunya and Mrs. Raskolnikov's new situation aide Razumikhin?

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