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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 Luzhin tell Sonia he will help her to get?
(a) A government pension
(b) A husband
(c) A dog
(d) A shop

2. What happens when Raskolnikov looks into Sonia's eyes?
(a) He asks her to marry him
(b) He sees the devil
(c) He feels close to her again
(d) He tries to kill her

3. Who has followed him to Siberia?
(a) Profiry
(b) Sonia
(c) His mother
(d) Dunya

4. What does Svidrigaylov fear?
(a) Death
(b) Spiders
(c) Marriage
(d) Madness

5. Why does Raskolnikov threaten to kill Svidrigaylov?
(a) He is worried he will go to the police
(b) He is worried he is after Sonia
(c) He is woried he will blackmail Dunya
(d) He is worried he won't give him the money he promised

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Raskolnikov realize when Sonia disappears?

2. What information does Svidrigaylov share with Raskolnikov?

3. Why does Sonia disappear for a while?

4. Who never recovered from the shock of Raskolnikov's confession?

5. Who visits Raskolnikov in this chapter?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Luzhin make Sonia look guilty?

3. Why do you think Mrs. Marmaladov loses control?

4. How does Raskolnikov finally find salvation?

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

6. How does Dostoevsky portray Raskolnikov's conflicting emotions in chapter four?

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

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

9. What effect does Svidrigaylov death have on Raskolnikov?

10. What do you think Dunya represented to Svidgaylov?

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