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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. Who does Profiry say he suspects?
(a) Sonia
(b) Razumikhin
(c) Luzhin
(d) Raskolnikov

2. Why does Raskolnikov want to visit Sonia?
(a) He wants to give her money
(b) He want to ask her to marry him
(c) He want to plot to kill Luzhin
(d) He wants to confess the murders

3. How much does Luzhin say Sonia has stolen?
(a) 1000 rubles
(b) 100 rubles
(c) 700 rubles
(d) 80 rubles

4. How long is Raskolnikov's sentence?
(a) Twenty years
(b) Ten years
(c) Eight years
(d) One year

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Raskolnikov go to when Sonia leaves?

2. Why can Dunya not see Sonia?

3. Who does Razumikin say he discusses the murder with?

4. Why is Sonia disturbed by Raskolnikev's attitude?

5. What does Svidrigaylov prove to Dunya?

Short Essay Questions

1. What effect does Svidrigaylov death have on Raskolnikov?

2. How does Dostoevsky still create suspense even as he winds down his story?

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

4. What do you think Dunya represented to Svidgaylov?

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

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

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

8. In what way does Svidrigaylov's suicide confirm to the reader the complexity of his character?

9. What does chapter two show about Sonia's upbringing?

10. How is Mrs. Marmaladov different to Raskolnikov?

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