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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. Where does Raskolnikev go when he sees Sonia?
(a) His apartment
(b) The police station
(c) The park
(d) Church

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

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

4. What does Razumkhin ask his friend?
(a) If he is unhappy
(b) If he has gone mad
(c) If he murdered the old lady
(d) If he is in love with Sonia

5. Who does Raskolnikov visit after the funeral dinner?
(a) Dunya
(b) His mother
(c) Sonia
(d) Luzhin

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when Raskolnikov looks into Sonia's eyes?

2. Whose heart does Razumikhin say Raskolnikov has broken?

3. What does Raskolnikev remember Sonia telling him?

4. Whose funeral is taking place in chapter 1?

5. Who has followed him to Siberia?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Chapter four show about Svidrigaylov's character?

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

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

4. How does Raskolnikov finally find salvation?

5. How does Luzhin make Sonia look guilty?

6. How is Mrs. Marmaladov different to Raskolnikov?

7. How does Raskolnikov view a public confession?

8. In what way does Dostoevsky show Dunya to be different to her brother?

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

10. Why do you think Svidrigaylov holds Dunya in such high regard?

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