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

2. Where does Svidrigaylov go after his meeting with Sonia?
(a) To a brothel
(b) To a restaurant
(c) To a bar
(d) To his teenage bride's house

3. What does Raskolnikov do after Mrs. Marmaladov's death?
(a) Attends church every sunday
(b) Takes drugs
(c) Wanders aimlessy around the city
(d) Moves in with Sonia

4. Who does Raskolnikov spot in a restaurant?
(a) Luzhin
(b) Svidrigaylov
(c) Razumikhin
(d) His mother

5. What does Svidrigaylov give Sonia enough to do?
(a) To look after her family
(b) Follow Raskolnikov to Siberia
(c) To buy a house
(d) To retire

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Razumkhin ask his friend?

2. Where does Svidrigaylov go after his meeting with his fiance?

3. What do Sonia and Raskolnikov think love can do to them?

4. Why does Raskolnikov want to visit Sonia?

5. How does Mrs. Marmaladov attempt to show Sonia's innocence?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Raskolnikov view a public confession?

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

3. What effect does Svidrigaylov death have on Raskolnikov?

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

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

6. In what ways are Svidrigaylov and Raskolnikov similar?

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

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

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

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

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