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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What information does Svidrigaylov share with Raskolnikov?
(a) Details about his apartment
(b) Details about Dunya
(c) Details about how to cook goulash
(d) Details about his marriage

2. What does Raskolnikov think makes him a failure and a criminal?
(a) University
(b) His actions
(c) His weakness
(d) His love for life

3. Who is the only person Mrs. Marmaladov talks to at the funeral dinner?
(a) Profiry
(b) Mrs. Raskolnikov
(c) Luzhin
(d) Raskolnikov

4. Whose funeral is taking place in chapter 1?
(a) Luzhin's
(b) Mrs. Marmaladov's
(c) Sonia's
(d) Svidrigaylov's

5. Who does Raskolnikov ask Sonia to make a choice between?
(a) Luzhin and himself
(b) God and the devil
(c) Putin and Tolstoy
(d) Her stepmother and Luzhin

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

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

8. Who does Luzhin point to as his witness?
(a) Lebezyatnikov
(b) Mrs. Marmaladov
(c) Raskolnikov
(d) God

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

10. Who does Dunya marry in St Petersburg?
(a) Razumikhin
(b) Prince Myskin
(c) Svidrigaylov
(d) Luzhin

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

12. Who interrupts the funeral dinner?
(a) The police
(b) Dunya
(c) Svidrigaylov
(d) Luzhin

13. What kind of women was Svidrigaylov not allowed to have affairs with?
(a) Women of his own class
(b) Old women
(c) Prostitutes
(d) Married women

14. How does Mrs. Marmaladov attempt to show Sonia's innocence?
(a) By calling the police
(b) By saying she has not left the room
(c) By asking her if she stole the money
(d) By searching her

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mrs Marmaladov find in her daughter's pockets?

2. What is the name of Luzhin's younger roommate?

3. What reason does Svidrigaylov give for observing Raskolnikov?

4. How long is Raskolnikov's sentence?

5. What does Raskolnikov dream about?

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