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