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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 does Rashnikov dream about?
(a) The murder
(b) His university days
(c) His sister's marriage
(d) His family heirlooms

2. Who is waiting for Raskolnikov when he wakes up?
(a) Luzhin
(b) Svidrigaylov
(c) Nicolas
(d) Dunya

3. Who does Raskolnikov ask to look after his mother and sister?
(a) Luzhin
(b) Nicolas
(c) Razumikhin
(d) Svidrigaylov

4. Who does Sonia think will take care of her and her family?
(a) God
(b) The government
(c) The church
(d) Raskolnikov

5. What does Raskolnikov want to recover from the old woman's house?
(a) His shoes
(b) His family heirlooms
(c) His axe
(d) His money

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Raskolnikov say gave him the pawnbrokers address?

2. What does Raskolnikov find in the old women's chest?

3. What is the name of the pawnbroker's half sister?

4. Whose money is the 3,000 rubles?

5. What do Sonia and Raskolnikov talk about?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why do you think Raskolnikov visits Sonia?

3. What does Sonia symbolize to Raskolnikov?

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

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

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

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

10. In what way does Luzhin's letter put the women in a difficult position?

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