Crime and Punishment Study Guide

1. Raskolnikov goes to the apartment of the pawnbroker,

• Pyotr Petrovich
• Marfa Petrovna
• Lizaveta Ivanovna
• Alyona Ivanovna

2. Marmeladov holds the rank of:

• titular councillor
• court councillor
• chief of police
• lieutenant

3. Marmeladov emphasizes that Sonya has to "observe" what now?

• her cleanliness
• her elders
• her fellow prostitutes
• her reputation

4. After the Svidrigailov scandal, Dunya's reputation was only restored with what evidence?

• a letter of reproach written by Dunya to Svidrigailov
• the testimony of a prior governess regarding Svidrigailov's philandering ways
• Svidrigailov's nervous breakdown in which he admitted everything
• Dunya's spirited public defense of herself

5. This evidence was presented by whom?

• one of the household servants
• Pulcheria Alexandrovna
• Dunya
• Svidrigailov himself

6. Rodya understands that Dunya has accepted Luzhin's proposal because

• she wants to marry an eminent lawyer
• she loves Luzhin
• she wishes to leave her town and move to Luzhin's
• she is ready to sacrifice herself for the material and professional advantage of her brother

7. For Dunya and Pulcheria's trip to Petersburg, Luzhin is paying for

• their luggage delivery costs only
• their train fare and their hotel
• their transportation fare, luggage, and hotel
• their train fare and luggage transport costs

8. Ilya Petrovich is known by the nickname

• "Gunpowder"
• "Mercury"
• "Butch"
• "Dynamite"

9. Raskolnikov had once been engaged to whom?

• the daughter of Nikodim Fomich
• the cousin of Lizaveta Ivanovna
• the daughter of Praskovya Pavlovna
• the sister of Zamyotov

10. Why did the engagement end?

• Their families did not approve.
• She died of typhus.
• Raskolnikov married her.
• She broke off the engagement because he didn't have enough money.