Crime and Punishment Quizzes

Crime and Punishment Quiz 1

1 Raskolnikov goes to the apartment of the pawnbroker,
Marfa Petrovna

Alyona Ivanovna

Pyotr Petrovich

Lizaveta Ivanovna
2 Marmeladov holds the rank of:
titular councillor

chief of police

lieutenant

court councillor
3 Marmeladov emphasizes that Sonya has to "observe" what now?
her cleanliness

her fellow prostitutes

her reputation

her elders
4 After the Svidrigailov scandal, Dunya's reputation was only restored with what evidence?
Svidrigailov's nervous breakdown in which he admitted everything

the testimony of a prior governess regarding Svidrigailov's philandering ways

Dunya's spirited public defense of herself

a letter of reproach written by Dunya to Svidrigailov
5 This evidence was presented by whom?
Dunya

Svidrigailov himself

one of the household servants

Pulcheria Alexandrovna
6 Rodya understands that Dunya has accepted Luzhin's proposal because
she wants to marry an eminent lawyer

she loves Luzhin

she is ready to sacrifice herself for the material and professional advantage of her brother

she wishes to leave her town and move to Luzhin's
7 For Dunya and Pulcheria's trip to Petersburg, Luzhin is paying for
their train fare and their hotel

their train fare and luggage transport costs

their luggage delivery costs only

their transportation fare, luggage, and hotel
8 Ilya Petrovich is known by the nickname
"Dynamite"

"Butch"

"Mercury"

"Gunpowder"
9 Raskolnikov had once been engaged to whom?
the daughter of Nikodim Fomich

the sister of Zamyotov

the cousin of Lizaveta Ivanovna

the daughter of Praskovya Pavlovna
10 Why did the engagement end?
Raskolnikov married her.

She died of typhus.

She broke off the engagement because he didn't have enough money.

Their families did not approve.
11 What contradiction about the murder case puzzles Ilya Petrovich?
The door was locked from the outside when Koch and Pestryakov first tried it, then was unlocked when they returned.

The door was locked from the outside when Koch and Pestryakov first tried it, then was latched when they returned.

The murders had been committed with an axe, but there was no axe to be found in that section of Petersburg.

The door was latched from the inside when Koch and Pestryakov first tried it, then was unlocked when they returned.
12 Where does Raskolnikov hide his stolen goods when he first returns to his apartment?
inside his pillow among the stuffing

under a plank in his floor

behind a hole in his wallpaper

inside his unused stove
13 To where does Raskolnikov transfer the stolen goods after his visit to the police station?
He throws them into the Neva.

He buries them under a stone in a deserted courtyard.

He throws them into the Ekaterininsky Canal.

He buries them in the woods, under a bush.
14 What is the name of the text Razumikhin is translating?
Confessions

The Crystal Palace

Is Woman A Human Being?

Proper Treatment of Horses
15 What does Raskolnikov do when he hears the policemen talking about the murder case while in the station?
He breaks down and confesses.

He warily joins in the conversation to see what he can find out.

He faints.

He slips out of the station unnoticed.
16 The night after going to the police station and seeing Razumikhin, Raskolnikov has the following hallucination:
He hears Ilya Petrovich beating his landlady on the stairs.

He sees a strange man sitting in his room, watching him as he sleeps.

He hears Nikodim Fomich and a large crowd outside his door, clamoring to get in.

He sees a strange man following him home from Razumikhin's.
17 Who is the strange man in Raskolnikov's room when he comes to after his illness?
a police officer waiting to question Raskolnikov about the murder case

an agent from a merchant's office, bearing money sent by Raskolnikov's mother

Svidrigailov

Pyotr Petrovich
18 What does Razumikhin do with the 10 roubles he takes from Raskolnikov's money?
He buys Raskolnikov new clothes.

He buys Raskolnikov a set of relatively unused secondhand clothes.

He buys Raskolnikov new sheets and pillows for his room.

He buys Raskolnikov some food and drink.
19 What does Raskolnikov do with the majority of what is left over from his money?
He uses it to bribe a local official.

He pays his landlady a token sum to tide her over.

He impulsively gives it to Katerina Ivanovna for the funeral of Marmeladov.

He puts it in the bank to accrue interest.
20 During Razumikhin's discussion of the murder case with Zossimov, which point makes Raskolnikov cry out in fear?
The murderer had been glimpsed coming out of the building by a caretaker who had come forward with a vague description.

The murderer had left a bloody footprint on the staircase.

The murderer had dropped a box of golden earrings behind the door of the vacant apartment on the second floor.

The murderer had left bloody fingerprints on the door-handle.
21 What blunder of Luzhin's causes Raskolnikov to threaten him and kick him out?
He claims that he is doing Dunya a favor in taking her after her reputation had been sullied.

He comments on how scruffy Raskolnikov looks.

He admits to having been pleased with Dunya's poverty, as it would put him in a position of greater power over her.

He hints that Raskolnikov's mother has been distorting the truth about his words.
22 What is Raskolnikov doing when Zamyotov approaches him in the Crystal Palace tavern?
He is trying to write a confession.

He is trying to drown his sorrows and worries in vodka.

He is obsessively searching for newspaper articles about the murder.

He is staring off into space oblivious to the food and drink in front of him.
23 What in Luzhin's note to Dunya and her mother throws Pulcheria Alexandrovna into confusion?
He accuses her of twisting his words to suit her own purpose.

He insists on meeting them that evening without Rodya being there.

He recounts Rodya's relationship with a prostitute in great detail.

He mentions two different places to meet them but does not resolve which.
24 Why does Sonya first come to Raskolnikov's apartment, where she meets Dunya and Pulcheria Alexandrovna?
She and Razumikhin had arranged to meet at the apartment.

She has been sent to invite Raskolnikov to Marmeladov's funeral and memorial meal.

She is trying to give him back the money he had given Katerina Ivanovna.

Raskolnikov had invited her to meet his family.
25 Rodya has an unpleasant surprise when he visits Porfiry Petrovich. What is it?
the unexpected presence of Zamyotov

the unexpected presence of Ilya Petrovich

the unexpected presence of Nikodim Fomich, Ilya Petrovich and Zamyotov

the unexpected presence of Nikodim Fomich