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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 Profiry say will happen if Raskolnikov confesses?
(a) He will get a reduced sentence
(b) He will be asked to leave the country
(c) He will be seen as the victim
(d) He will be executed
2. What does Luzhin tell Sonia he will help her to get?
(a) A shop
(b) A government pension
(c) A dog
(d) A husband
3. What does Dunya say Raskolnikev's willingness to face suffering is a sign of?
(a) Intelligence
(b) Selfishness
(c) Arrogance
(d) Pride
4. What does Raskolnikov ask his mother?
(a) If she kill him
(b) If she will confess for him
(c) If she will always love him
(d) If she will help him escape to America
5. Why has Sonia waited for Raskolnikev the whole day?
(a) She loves him
(b) She wants to runaway with him
(c) She thinks he is in danger of killing himself
(d) She knows he will confess
Short Answer Questions
1. Who does Svidrigaylov say tried to save him?
2. What does Svidrigaylov prove to Dunya?
3. How does Mrs. Marmaladov attempt to show Sonia's innocence?
4. What happens to Raskolnikov when he finally tries to confess to Sonia?
5. Who has followed him to Siberia?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe Svidrigaylov's character?
2. Why is making a public confession so difficult for Raskolnikov?
3. Why do you think Svidrigaylov holds Dunya in such high regard?
4. Do you think Raskolnikov has to make a confession?
5. What effect does Raskolnikov's decision to confess have on his mental state.
6. In what way does Svidrigaylov's suicide confirm to the reader the complexity of his character?
7. What effect does Svidrigaylov death have on Raskolnikov?
8. In what ways does Porfiry show what perceptive detective he is?
9. What do you think chapter two means in context of the novel?
10. In the epilogue how does Dostoevsky distance the reader from Raskolnikov?
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