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Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 2mins

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Class
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1.

The name Raskolnikov in Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment is derived from the term 'Raskol' which suggests:

a)

a schism or divide

b)

a bad character

c)

lack of faith

d)

a person with radically new views

2.

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:

a)

The Emancipation of Serfs

b)

The February Revolution

c)

The October Revolution

d)

The French Revolution

3.

For which of these characters was a funeral repast arranged in Crime and Punishment?

a)

Marmeladov

b)

Svidrigaylov

c)

Lizaveta

d)

Alyona Ivanovna

e)

Marfa Petrovna

4.

Identify the Petersburg locale where Raskolnikov resolves the deed after overhearing Lizaveta discuss the time when she will be away from home?

a)

The Hay Market

b)

Kokushkin Bridge

c)

Vasilievsky Island

d)

The Crystal Palace

e)

Voznesensky Prospect

5.

Whom does Raskolnikov intuitively select for his confession?

a)

Sonya, Marmeladov's daughter

b)

Porfiry Petrovich

c)

Svidrigaylov

d)

Ilya Petrovich

e)

Razmukhin

6.

Which of these characters is only heard of in the novel Crime and Punishment?

a)

Luzhin

b)

Pulkheriya Alexandrovna

c)

Marfa Petrovna

d)

Svidrigaylov

e)

Katerina Ivanovna

7.

Which of these is NOT a fact about the character Marfa Petrovna?

a)

She is a rich widow.

b)

She is married to Svdrigaylov.

c)

She leaves a substantial amount of money for Dunya in her will.

d)

She rescues Svdrigaylov from the debtor's prison.

8.

Raskolnikov compares which of these characters to a 'louse'?

a)

Only Alyona Ivanovna

b)

Alyona Ivanovna and Lizaveta

c)

Alyona Ivanovna and himself

d)

Marmeladov

e)

Porfiry Petrovich

9.

Which of these characters is visited by ghosts often?:

a)

Luzhin

b)

Lebezyatnikov

c)

Katerina Ivanovna

d)

Svdrigaylov

10.

Which of these characters has a nightmare about a tormented cart-horse?

a)

Svidrigaylov

b)

Sonya

c)

Lizaveta

d)

Raskolnikov

e)

Marmeladov