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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Sonia and Raskolnikov think love can do to them?
(a) Redeem them
(b) Make them respectable
(c) Make them happy
(d) Give them children

2. Where does Sonia stay?
(a) At the train station
(b) In the prison camp
(c) A nearby village
(d) In a nearby city

3. What is Mrs. Marmaladov forcing her children to do?
(a) Take off their clothes
(b) To do press ups
(c) Beg and dance in the street
(d) To build a boat

4. Who is Svidrigaylov secretly visiting?
(a) Luzhin
(b) Dunya
(c) Profiry
(d) Sonia

5. What does Raskolnikev remember Sonia telling him?
(a) To bow down and kiss the earth
(b) To give his soul to God
(c) To love himself
(d) To confess

6. What does Svidrigaylov prove to Dunya?
(a) That he has sorted out his life
(b) That he will make a good husband
(c) That he eavesdropped on her conversation with her brother
(d) That he is in love with her

7. What does Luzhin skip the funeral to do?
(a) Count his money
(b) See Dunya
(c) Plan how to go get back at Raskonikov
(d) Grab a pizza

8. What happens to Raskolnikov when he finally tries to confess to Sonia?
(a) He starts to cry
(b) He feels feverish
(c) He starts to froth at the mouth
(d) He is overcome with hatred

9. When does Raskolnikev come to visit Sonia?
(a) At teatime
(b) At sunset
(c) Midday
(d) Midnight

10. Who comes to visit Raskolnikov at the beginning of the chapter?
(a) Razumikhin
(b) Luzhin
(c) Sonia
(d) Porfiry

11. What did Svidrigaylov's wife permit him to do?
(a) Play soccer
(b) Holiday by himself
(c) Have affairs with other women
(d) Abuse her

12. What does Profiry say will happen if Raskolnikov confesses?
(a) He will get a reduced sentence
(b) He will be seen as the victim
(c) He will be asked to leave the country
(d) He will be executed

13. Who never recovered from the shock of Raskolnikov's confession?
(a) Razumikhin
(b) His mother
(c) Dunya
(d) Svidrigaylov

14. What does Dunya say Raskolnikev's willingness to face suffering is a sign of?
(a) Arrogance
(b) Pride
(c) Selfishness
(d) Intelligence

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who comes to visit Raskolnikov in his room?

2. Who does Svidrigaylov say tried to save him?

3. Why does Sonia disappear for a while?

4. Why does Raskolnikov send Dunya away?

5. Who does Dunya marry in St Petersburg?

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