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WorksheetsDostoevsky's Crime and Punishment
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 2mins
The name Raskolnikov in Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment is derived from the term 'Raskol' which suggests:
a schism or divide
a bad character
lack of faith
a person with radically new views
Identify the historical event that provides a background to Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment and took place in 1861 in the reign of Tzar Alexander II:
The Emancipation of Serfs
The February Revolution
The October Revolution
The French Revolution
For which of these characters was a funeral repast arranged in Crime and Punishment?
Marmeladov
Svidrigaylov
Lizaveta
Alyona Ivanovna
Marfa Petrovna
Identify the Petersburg locale where Raskolnikov resolves the deed after overhearing Lizaveta discuss the time when she will be away from home?
The Hay Market
Kokushkin Bridge
Vasilievsky Island
The Crystal Palace
Voznesensky Prospect
Whom does Raskolnikov intuitively select for his confession?
Sonya, Marmeladov's daughter
Porfiry Petrovich
Svidrigaylov
Ilya Petrovich
Razmukhin
Which of these characters is only heard of in the novel Crime and Punishment?
Luzhin
Pulkheriya Alexandrovna
Marfa Petrovna
Svidrigaylov
Katerina Ivanovna
Which of these is NOT a fact about the character Marfa Petrovna?
She is a rich widow.
She is married to Svdrigaylov.
She leaves a substantial amount of money for Dunya in her will.
She rescues Svdrigaylov from the debtor's prison.
Raskolnikov compares which of these characters to a 'louse'?
Only Alyona Ivanovna
Alyona Ivanovna and Lizaveta
Alyona Ivanovna and himself
Marmeladov
Porfiry Petrovich
Which of these characters is visited by ghosts often?:
Luzhin
Lebezyatnikov
Katerina Ivanovna
Svdrigaylov
Which of these characters has a nightmare about a tormented cart-horse?
Svidrigaylov
Sonya
Lizaveta
Raskolnikov
Marmeladov
