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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 is his main interest>
(a) Horses
(b) Women
(c) Gambling
(d) Money

2. Why has Sonia waited for Raskolnikev the whole day?
(a) She loves him
(b) She thinks he is in danger of killing himself
(c) She wants to runaway with him
(d) She knows he will confess

3. What reason does Svidrigaylov give for observing Raskolnikov?
(a) Hate
(b) Love
(c) Boredom
(d) Loneliness

4. What does Sonia try not to do?
(a) Take money from the desk
(b) Swear at Luzhin
(c) Stare at the cash
(d) Slap Luzhin

5. For what reason does Porfiry say he has come to see Raskolnikov?
(a) To get him to confess
(b) To tell him a joke
(c) To apologize
(d) To arrest him

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Luzhin point to as his witness?

2. What does Mrs. Marmaladov spend half of Raskolnikov's twenty rubles on?

3. Where does Svidrigaylov go after his meeting with Sonia?

4. How much money does Svidrigaylov give his teenage bride?

5. Who does Luzhin ask to meet

Short Essay Questions

1. In what ways does Porfiry show what perceptive detective he is?

2. Why do you think Dostoevsky distances the reader from Raskolnikov?

3. Describe Svidrigaylov's character?

4. How do you think not confessing to the murder will affect Raskolnikov?

5. In what ways are Svidrigaylov and Raskolnikov similar?

6. In what way does Raskolnikov's confession sound different to what he had earlier claimed to think?

7. Do you think Svidrigaylov and Raskolnikov's confession is the miracle that Svidrigaylov claims?

8. What effect does Raskolnikov's decision to confess have on his mental state.

9. In the epilogue how does Dostoevsky distance the reader from Raskolnikov?

10. What do you think chapter two means in context of the novel?

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