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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 Svidrigaylov say he marriage was motivated by?
(a) A need to get out of debt
(b) The need to look after someone
(c) Love
(d) A need to climb the social ladder

2. Where does Raskolnikov sleep?
(a) On the floor
(b) In his bed
(c) On his sofa
(d) In an armchair

3. What time does Lisaveta say she will return to the market?
(a) 8 am
(b) 12 pm
(c) 7 am
(d) 7 pm

4. Who does Raskolnikov visit at the beginning of chapter 4?
(a) Sonia
(b) Nicolas
(c) Svidrigaylov
(d) Lisaveta

5. Who else does Raskolnikov kill?
(a) Lisaveta
(b) His sister
(c) Nicolas
(d) His landlady

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Porfiry not follow proper procedure?

2. Why did Luzhin want to marry Dunya so much?

3. What does Dunya thinks her brother is doing when he leaves so suddenly?

4. Whose presence does Luzhin complain about?

5. Who has been charged with the murders?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why do you think Raskolnikov leaves the room so abruptly in chapter three?

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

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

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

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

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

9. Why is Nicolas suspected of the murder?

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

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