Crime and Punishment - Quiz
Crime and Punishment
  • 1. Who tells Raskolnikov that Dunya has become troubled and distant?
A) Sonya
B) Porfiry
C) Razumikhin
D) Svidrigailov
  • 2. What caused Dunya to become troubled and distant according to Razumikhin?
A) A warning from Porfiry
B) A visit from Svidrigailov
C) A letter from someone
D) The death of her mother
  • 3. What is Raskolnikov's reaction when Razumikhin mentions Porfiry?
A) Joy
B) Astonishment
C) Fear
D) Indifference
  • 4. According to Razumikhin, who no longer suspects Raskolnikov of the murders?
A) Dunya
B) Porfiry
C) Svidrigailov
D) Sonya
  • 5. Why does Porfiry apologize to Raskolnikov?
A) To explain his previous behavior
B) Because he lost evidence
C) For insulting his family
D) Because he arrested him wrongfully
  • 6. What strange thought causes Raskolnikov to feel alarmed?
A) The thought that Porfiry might think he is innocent
B) The thought that Svidrigailov confessed
C) The thought that Porfiry has new evidence
D) The thought that Dunya is in danger
  • 7. What is the true motivation behind Porfiry's changed attitude?
A) Belief in his complete innocence
B) Genuine respect for Raskolnikov
C) Pressure from his superiors
D) Fear of retaliation
  • 8. What does Porfiry express absolute certainty about at the end of their chat?
A) That Raskolnikov will escape justice
B) That Raskolnikov is indeed the murderer
C) That Svidrigailov committed the crimes
D) That Dunya is involved
  • 9. What does Porfiry urge Raskolnikov to do to make it easier on himself?
A) Stay silent
B) Flee the country
C) Hire a lawyer
D) Confess
  • 10. What does Raskolnikov choose to do after Porfiry's warning?
A) Confront Svidrigailov
B) Continue the struggle
C) Surrender immediately
D) Commit suicide
  • 11. Where does Raskolnikov find Svidrigailov?
A) At Porfiry's office
B) At an inn
C) At a police station
D) At Sonya's apartment
  • 12. What does Raskolnikov warn Svidrigailov against?
A) Visiting the police
B) Leaving the city
C) Spending his money
D) Approaching Dunya
  • 13. Who has Svidrigailov actually arranged to meet?
A) Razumikhin
B) Dunya
C) Porfiry
D) Sonya
  • 14. What does Svidrigailov threaten to do when warned by Raskolnikov?
A) Expose Sonya
B) Go to the police
C) Kill Raskolnikov
D) Leave the country
  • 15. What does Dunya demand to know from Svidrigailov?
A) Why he threatened the police
B) Where her mother is staying
C) What he meant in his letter about her brother's secret
D) How much money he has
  • 16. Where does Svidrigailov take Dunya reluctantly?
A) To the police station
B) To his rooms
C) To Sonya's house
D) To an inn
  • 17. What does Svidrigailov attempt to use to make Dunya yield to his desire?
A) Threats against her mother
B) Physical violence and chains
C) A large sum of money
D) What he overheard about her brother's secret
  • 18. What weapon does Dunya have when Svidrigailov corners her?
A) A knife
B) A poison vial
C) A heavy candlestick
D) A gun
  • 19. What happens when Dunya fires at Svidrigailov?
A) She kills him instantly
B) She narrowly misses
C) The gun jams
D) She wounds his shoulder
  • 20. How does Svidrigailov react after Dunya misses her shot?
A) He gently encourages her to reload and try again
B) He panics and calls for help
C) He runs out of the room
D) He attacks her violently
  • 21. Why does Svidrigailov eventually tell Dunya to leave?
A) He hears someone approaching
B) She successfully shoots him
C) He decides to commit suicide immediately
D) He is crushed by her hatred for him
  • 22. Who does Svidrigailov visit later that evening?
A) Sonya
B) Porfiry
C) Razumikhin
D) Raskolnikov's mother
  • 23. What does Svidrigailov discuss with Sonya?
A) Plans to leave the country
B) Raskolnikov's upcoming confession
C) His love for Dunya
D) Arrangements for Katerina Ivanovna's children
  • 24. How much money does Svidrigailov give to Sonya?
A) 1000 rubles
B) 3000 rubles
C) 500 rubles
D) 5000 rubles
  • 25. What does Svidrigailov tell Sonya the money is for?
A) To buy a ticket out of town
B) To feed Katerina Ivanovna's children
C) To pay off her debts
D) If she wishes to follow Raskolnikov to Siberia
  • 26. Where does Svidrigailov spend the night before his death?
A) In a luxurious mansion
B) In a miserable hotel
C) At Sonya's apartment
D) On the streets
  • 27. What does Svidrigailov do the following morning?
A) Surrenders to the police
B) Commits suicide in a public place
C) Visits Raskolnikov one last time
D) Leaves for Siberia
  • 28. How does Raskolnikov say goodbye to his mother?
A) Joyfully, revealing his crime
B) Briefly, over a letter
C) Painfully, without telling her the truth
D) Angrily, refusing to speak
  • 29. What does Raskolnikov tell Dunya he is going to do?
A) Flee to Siberia
B) Confront Svidrigailov again
C) Go to the police to confess to the murders
D) Leave the country forever
  • 30. Whose place does Raskolnikov stop at on his way to the bureau?
A) Sonya's place
B) Porfiry's office
C) The miserable hotel
D) Razumikhin's place
  • 31. What does Sonya give Raskolnikov before he leaves for the bureau?
A) A crucifix
B) A gun
C) Money
D) A letter
  • 32. What does Raskolnikov learn at the bureau?
A) That Porfiry has resigned
B) That his mother has died
C) That Dunya was arrested
D) Of Svidrigailov's suicide
  • 33. How does Raskolnikov initially react to the news at the bureau?
A) Laughs hysterically
B) Confesses immediately to the officers
C) Faints on the floor
D) Almost changes his mind, even leaving the building
  • 34. How is Sonya looking at Raskolnikov when he sees her outside?
A) With anger
B) With a smile
C) In despair
D) With indifference
  • 35. What does Raskolnikov do after seeing Sonya outside the bureau?
A) Begs Sonya to forgive him and flees
B) Goes to find Svidrigailov
C) Returns to make a full and frank confession to the murders
D) Runs away to a miserable hotel
  • 36. Who is the author of Crime and Punishment?
A) Mikhail Katkov
B) Leo Tolstoy
C) Fyodor Dostoevsky
D) Ivan Turgenev
  • 37. In which literary journal was Crime and Punishment first published?
A) The Moscow Review
B) The Russian Messenger
C) The St. Petersburg Gazette
D) The Siberian Journal
  • 38. In what year was Crime and Punishment first published in monthly installments?
A) 1870
B) 1865
C) 1864
D) 1866
  • 39. How many years of exile in Siberia did Dostoevsky return from before writing this novel?
A) Five years
B) Fifteen years
C) Seven years
D) Ten years
  • 40. Crime and Punishment is considered the first great novel of which period of Dostoevsky's writing?
A) Early period
B) Final period
C) Decadent period
D) Mature period
  • 41. What was Raskolnikov's former occupation or status in Saint Petersburg?
A) Publisher
B) Pawnbroker
C) Stenographer
D) Law student
  • 42. According to Raskolnikov's theory, certain crimes are justifiable if committed to remove obstacles for whom?
A) "Extraordinary" men
B) Impoverished students
C) Exiled prisoners
D) Political revolutionaries
  • 43. In what year did Dostoevsky's brother Mikhail die?
A) Early 1864
B) Mid 1860
C) Early 1865
D) Late 1866
  • 44. Who was the publisher Dostoevsky turned to as a last resort for an advance?
A) Mikhail Katkov
B) Ivan Turgenev
C) Fyodor Stellovsky
D) Joseph Frank
  • 45. What ideology did Dostoevsky plan to explore the dangers of?
A) "Capitalism"
B) "Conservatism"
C) "Radicalism"
D) "Romanticism"
  • 46. In what month and year did Dostoevsky explain the work in a letter to Katkov?
A) September 1865
B) January 1866
C) November 1864
D) December 1866
  • 47. In what month and year did the conceptual change from a 'story' to a 'novel' occur?
A) Early 1864
B) January 1866
C) September 1865
D) November 1865
  • 48. Where were Dostoevsky's notebooks reassembled in a sequence corresponding to composition stages?
A) The Soviet Union
B) Saint Petersburg
C) Siberia
D) Wiesbaden
  • 49. How many first-person plans did Dostoevsky initially consider?
A) Five
B) Two
C) Four
D) Three
  • 50. How many days after the murder was Raskolnikov's initial confession plan recorded?
A) Eight days
B) Five days
C) Ten days
D) Twelve days
  • 51. How many days after the murder was Raskolnikov's initial diary plan begun?
A) Ten days
B) Eight days
C) Five days
D) Fourteen days
  • 52. Which part of the finished work does the Wiesbaden edition roughly correspond to?
A) Part 12
B) Part 1
C) Part 6
D) Part 2
  • 53. What term does Joseph Frank use to describe the structural conformity of the novel to Raskolnikov's character changes?
A) "Metamorphosis"
B) "Exile"
C) "Radicalism"
D) "Anguish"
  • 54. Which other novel was Dostoevsky simultaneously contracted to finish?
A) The Russian Messenger
B) The Gambler
C) The Idiot
D) Notes from Underground
  • 55. Who was the prominent Russian publisher who imposed extremely harsh conditions for The Gambler?
A) Fyodor Stellovsky
B) Ivan Turgenev
C) Joseph Frank
D) Mikhail Katkov
  • 56. Who was Anna Snitkina?
A) A stenographer who later became Dostoevsky's wife
B) The daughter of Mikhail Katkov
C) A contributor to The Russian Messenger
D) The sister of the pawnbroker
  • 57. In which month of 1866 did the first part of Crime and Punishment appear?
A) September
B) December
C) January
D) November
  • 58. In which month of 1866 was the last part of Crime and Punishment published?
A) November
B) September
C) December
D) January
  • 59. On what pretext does Raskolnikov first visit the elderly woman's apartment?
A) Selling a book
B) Pawning a watch
C) Renting a room
D) Delivering a letter
  • 60. Whom does Raskolnikov meet in a tavern who has squandered his family's wealth?
A) Luzhin
B) Semyon Zakharovich Marmeladov
C) Svidrigailov
D) Razumikhin
  • 61. What was Dunya's occupation before planning to marry?
A) Governess
B) Actress
C) Tutor
D) Seamstress
  • 62. Who is Dunya's ill-intentioned employer mentioned in the letter from Raskolnikov's mother?
A) Razumikhin
B) Mikolka
C) Svidrigailov
D) Luzhin
  • 63. Who is Dunya's wealthy suitor whom the family comes to meet in Petersburg?
A) Mikolka
B) Marmeladov
C) Svidrigailov
D) Luzhin
  • 64. Who is the second person Raskolnikov kills during the crime because she stumbles upon the scene?
A) Dunya
B) Lizaveta
C) Katerina
D) Sonya
  • 65. What is the relationship between the pawnbroker and Lizaveta?
A) Aunt and niece
B) Mother and daughter
C) Half-sisters
D) Friends
  • 66. Who is the muzhik working in a neighbouring flat who gets detained for the murders?
A) Zamyotov
B) Luzhin
C) Razumikhin
D) Mikolka
  • 67. What is the name of the police official whom Raskolnikov encounters and openly mocks?
A) Zamyotov
B) Mikolka
C) Razumikhin
D) Svidrigailov
  • 68. What is the emotional state of Raskolnikov when his mother and sister visit the next morning?
A) Extremely joyous
B) Completely cured
C) Mentally distracted
D) Violently enraged
  • 69. What is the name of the article written by Raskolnikov that interests Porfiry?
A) On Morality
B) On Crime
C) Stepping Across
D) The Genius
  • 70. According to Raskolnikov's article, what do rare individuals have the right to do if legal boundaries obstruct their idea?
A) Step across them
B) Flee the country
C) Rewrite the laws
D) Ignore them completely
  • 71. Who turns out to be Porfiry's 'little surprise' behind the partition?
A) Svidrigailov
B) The old artisan
C) Zamyotov
D) Mikolka
  • 72. What event are the characters attending at the start of Part 5?
A) Marmeladovs' post-funeral banquet
B) A birthday party
C) A wedding celebration
D) A housewarming gathering
  • 73. What item does Luzhin announce has disappeared from his apartment?
A) A gold watch
B) A 100-ruble banknote
C) A silver locket
D) A diamond ring
  • 74. What object flies out of Sonya's pocket during the search?
A) A brass key
B) A stolen silver spoon
C) A letter from Raskolnikov
D) A folded 100-ruble note
  • 75. What does the landlady order the family to do after the money is found?
A) Apologize to Luzhin
B) Pay double rent
C) Clean the entire building
D) Leave the apartment
  • 76. Who arrives to expose Luzhin's setup?
A) Svidrigailov
B) Marmeladov
C) Zametov
D) Lebezyatnikov
  • 77. Where has Svidrigailov been residing in relation to Sonya?
A) Across the street
B) On the top floor
C) Next door
D) In the basement below
  • 78. How does Raskolnikov initially treat Sonya in Siberia?
A) With immediate gratitude
B) With deep affection
C) With hostility
D) With indifference
  • 79. What does Raskolnikov initially feel he is guilty of?
A) Betrayal
B) Weakness
C) Cowardice
D) Murder
  • 80. How old is Raskolnikov?
A) 21
B) 30
C) 23
D) 25
  • 81. What is Sonya forced into doing to help her family?
A) Prostitution
B) Working as a governess
C) Stealing from the rich
D) Working as a lawyer
  • 82. What is Razumíkhin's relation to Raskolnikov?
A) Landlord
B) Loyal friend
C) Brother
D) Enemy
  • 83. What is Luzhin's profession?
A) Doctor
B) Lawyer
C) Teacher
D) Police officer
  • 84. How is Raskolnikov's physical appearance described in the novel?
A) Exceptionably handsome, taller than average, slim, well built
B) Short, stout, with fair hair and blue eyes
C) Average height, heavy-set, and bald
D) Unattractive, hunched, and sickly from birth
  • 85. What is the main ideological theme fused with Raskolnikov's personality?
A) Strict religious dogma
B) Capitalist market theories
C) Ultra-nationalist propaganda
D) Anti-radical ideological themes
  • 86. What is Semyon Zakharovich Marmeladov's main struggle?
A) Terminal tuberculosis
B) Severe gambling addiction
C) Political exile
D) Abject alcoholism
  • 87. Who is Andrey Semyonovich Lebezyatnikov?
A) Luzhin's utopian socialist roommate
B) A house painter suspected of murder
C) A wealthy pawnbroker
D) A corrupt police official
  • 88. What is Alyona Ivanovna's profession?
A) Nurse
B) Landlady
C) Pawnbroker
D) Police clerk
  • 89. How is Alyona Ivanovna described in relation to her patrons?
A) Merciless
B) Kind and generous
C) Forgetful and naive
D) Timid and submissive
  • 90. What is Ilya Petrovich's nickname?
A) The Ghost
B) The Spider
C) Gunpowder
D) The Hammer
  • 91. What is Praskovya Pavlovna Zarnitsyna's role in the story?
A) Raskolnikov's landlady
B) Sonya's biological mother
C) Marfa Petrovna's maid
D) Alyona Ivanovna's business partner
  • 92. What was the amount of the promissory note Raskolnikov signed for Praskovya Pavlovna?
A) 500 roubles
B) 115 roubles
C) 3000 roubles
D) 150 roubles
  • 93. Who claims the promissory note from Praskovya Pavlovna, causing Raskolnikov to be summoned to the police?
A) Svidrigaïlov
B) Chebarov
C) Luzhin
D) Zamyotov
  • 94. Which main ideas, besides utilitarianism, did Dostoevsky pinpoint the dangers of?
A) Stoicism
B) Romanticism
C) Rationalism
D) Feudalism
  • 95. What type of ideas did Dostoevsky articulate an argument against?
A) Slavophile ideas
B) Eastern mystical ideas
C) Ancient Greek ideas
D) Westernizing ideas
  • 96. Under which revolutionary thinkers did rational egoism develop in Russia?
A) Dimitri Pisarev
B) Nikolai Chernyshevsky
C) Mikhail Bakunin
D) Karl Marx
  • 97. Who ridiculed the notion that Raskolnikov's ideas could be identified with contemporary radicals?
A) Nikolai Chernyshevsky
B) Katkov
C) Dimitri Pisarev
D) Joseph Frank
  • 98. What did Dostoevsky believe utilitarian ideas negated?
A) Physical survival
B) Spontaneous emotional responses
C) Scientific progress
D) Mathematical logic
  • 99. With what majestic image does Raskolnikov become fascinated?
A) A utopian socialist leader
B) A Napoleonic personality
C) A saintly religious figure
D) An absolute monarch
  • 100. In the interests of what does the Napoleonic personality believe he possesses a moral right to kill?
A) Personal financial gain
B) Revenge against enemies
C) A higher social good
D) Immediate self-defense
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