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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 Raskolnikov dream about?
(a) Marrying Sonia
(b) Himself as a child
(c) Murdering his mother
(d) A world affected by a virus

2. What does Mrs. Marmaladov spend half of Raskolnikov's twenty rubles on?
(a) Her funeral clothes
(b) The funeral dinner
(c) A new pair of shoes
(d) Her husband's coffin

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

4. What does Dunya now know?
(a) The truth about the murder
(b) That her brother is evil
(c) That her brother loves Sonia
(d) That she want to marry Luzhin

5. How much money does Svidrigaylov give his teenage bride?
(a) 1,000 rubles
(b) 5,000 rubles
(c) 10,000 rubles
(d) 15,000 rubles

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Sonia try not to do?

3. Why can Dunya not see Sonia?

4. Where does Sonia stay?

5. How old is the girl Svidrigaylov is currently engaged to?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Svidrigaylov's character?

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

3. How does Raskolnikov view a public confession?

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

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

6. Do you think Raskolnikov has finally accepted his guilt?

7. How does Luzhin use his wealth?

8. How is Mrs. Marmaladov different to Raskolnikov?

9. Why do you think Luzhin sets up Sonia?

10. In what ways are Svidrigaylov and Raskolnikov similar?

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