Q 01/05

In which city was Dostoevsky born in 1821?

A) Saint Petersburg

B) Moscow

C) Kiev

D) Omsk

Answer · why

B) Moscow

He grew up on the grounds of the Mariinsky Hospital for the Poor, where his father was a doctor.

Q 02/05

Crime and Punishment was first published in twelve monthly instalments in what year?

A) 1861

B) 1866

C) 1856

D) 1851

Answer · why

B) 1866

It ran in The Russian Messenger and was his first great novel after Siberian exile.

Q 03/05

Whom does Raskolnikov kill in Crime and Punishment?

A) A landlord

B) A pawnbroker

C) A moneylending priest

D) A police clerk

Answer · why

B) A pawnbroker

He convinces himself that extraordinary men may commit crimes in pursuit of higher goals.

Q 04/05

What weapon does Raskolnikov use in Crime and Punishment?

A) A knife

B) An axe

C) A revolver

D) A candlestick

Answer · why

B) An axe

He gains entry by pretending he has something to pawn.

Q 05/05

Which detective investigates the murders in Crime and Punishment?

A) Arkady Svidrigailov

B) Porfiry Petrovich

C) Dmitri Razumikhin

D) Semyon Marmeladov

Answer · why

B) Porfiry Petrovich

Raskolnikov senses at once that the man knows he is the killer.