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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 did Raskolnikov leave his family home?
(a) To escape loan sharks
(b) To get away from his father
(c) To go to university
(d) To find a job

2. What does Nicolas confess to?
(a) Falling in love with Dunya
(b) The distortion of facts
(c) The murder
(d) Stealing Raskolnikov's family heirlooms

3. What does Raskolnikov find in the old women's chest?
(a) Tins of food
(b) A dead body
(c) Clothes and jewelry
(d) Gold

4. Who does Raskolnikov meet in the bar?
(a) Zamyotov
(b) Nicolas
(c) Dunya
(d) Sasha

5. What does Porfiry say Nicolas is repeating?
(a) A dream he had
(b) A passage in the bible
(c) Putin
(d) What his accusers said to him

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Svidrigaylov say he marriage was motivated by?

2. What does Raskolnikov pawn?

3. What does the craftsmen call Raskolnikov?

4. Who does Raskolnikov set out to find at the beginning of chapter five?

5. Who does Luzhin say gave him the information about Svidrigaylov?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what way does Porfiry suggest Raskolnikov has made a mistake?

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

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

4. What do you think Raskolnikov's dream in this chapter represents?

5. What do you think the horse symbolizes in Raskolnikov's dream?

6. How does Raskolnikov hide his guilt?

7. What is a magistrate in the context of this book?

8. What do you think it says about Razumikhin that he is so close to guessing the truth of the murder?

9. In way does Raskolnikov show a weak will?

10. Why do you think Razumikhin is infatuated with Dunya?

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