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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. How much does Luzhin say Sonia has stolen?
(a) 100 rubles
(b) 700 rubles
(c) 80 rubles
(d) 1000 rubles

2. What does Profiry say will happen if Raskolnikov confesses?
(a) He will be asked to leave the country
(b) He will be executed
(c) He will be seen as the victim
(d) He will get a reduced sentence

3. How does Mrs. Marmaladov treat her guests?
(a) Like she does not know them
(b) Like they are not there
(c) With vicious criticisms
(d) With love and respect

4. What does Svidrigaylov say is his main interest>
(a) Horses
(b) Money
(c) Women
(d) Gambling

5. Where does Sonia stay?
(a) At the train station
(b) In a nearby city
(c) In the prison camp
(d) A nearby village

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Raskolnikev see following him?

2. Who visits Raskolnikov in this chapter?

3. Who does Razumikin say he discusses the murder with?

4. Whose funeral is taking place in chapter 1?

5. What did Svidrigaylov's wife permit him to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Svidrigaylov's character?

2. How does Dostoevsky portray Raskolnikov's conflicting emotions in chapter four?

3. Do you think Svidrigaylov and Raskolnikov's confession is the miracle that Svidrigaylov claims?

4. Why do you think Luzhin is so angry at Raskolnikov?

5. In what ways does Porfiry show what perceptive detective he is?

6. Why do you think Luzhin sets up Sonia?

7. Why is making a public confession so difficult for Raskolnikov?

8. How do you think not confessing to the murder will affect Raskolnikov?

9. In what way does Svidrigaylov's suicide confirm to the reader the complexity of his character?

10. What do you think Dunya represented to Svidgaylov?

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