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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. What is Razumikhin's profession?
(a) A student
(b) A lawyer
(c) A policeman
(d) A teacher

2. What details does Porfiry mention about Raskolnikov's recent behavior?
(a) His arguments with Dunya
(b) His dislike of Luzhin
(c) His visit to the crime scene and various private conversations
(d) The money Svidrigaylov has given him

3. What does Raskolnikov kill the old lady with?
(a) A knife
(b) A gun
(c) His bare hands
(d) A hatchet

4. Who does Luzhin say gave him the information about Svidrigaylov?
(a) The police
(b) A fellow lawyer
(c) Svidrigaylov's family
(d) The Russian mafia

5. Who wakes Raskolnikov in the morning?
(a) His landlady
(b) His wife
(c) His house keeper
(d) His butler

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Porfiry not follow proper procedure?

3. What do Sonia and Raskolnikov talk about?

4. What does Porfiry question Raskolnikov about?

5. Whose money is the 3,000 rubles?

Short Essay Questions

1. How seriously is Raskelnikov thinking about his unnamed idea?

2. How does Raskolnikov hide his guilt?

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

4. In way can the reader sympathize with Raskolnikov?

5. What influence do you think Sonia and Porfiry are having on Raskolnikov?

6. How does Dostoevsky create so much drama in the murder scene?

7. In what way is Raskolnikov beginning to question himself and his theories?

8. In what way have Raskolnikov and Porfiry switched roles in chapter five?

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

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

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