Part III - Chapter I Quiz — Crime and Punishment

What ultimatum does Raskolnikov give Dounia about her engagement to Luzhin?

• She must postpone the wedding until he has fully recovered from his illness
• She must write a letter refusing Luzhin before the next morning
• She must allow Razumihin to investigate Luzhin's financial background first
• She must arrange a meeting where Raskolnikov can question Luzhin directly

Why does Raskolnikov oppose Dounia's marriage to Luzhin?

• He believes Luzhin is secretly already married to another woman
• He believes Dounia is sacrificing herself for his financial benefit
• He wants Dounia to marry Razumihin, whom he considers a better match
• He fears Luzhin will take Dounia away from St. Petersburg permanently

What dramatic gesture does Razumihin make while escorting the women through the streets?

• He throws his coat in a puddle so they can walk across it without getting wet
• He falls on his knees on the pavement and insists on kissing their hands
• He loudly serenades them with a Russian folk song about unrequited love
• He stops a passing carriage and pays for their ride despite his poverty

According to Dr. Zossimov, what are the causes of Raskolnikov's illness?

• A hereditary nervous condition worsened by excessive studying and reading
• A combination of poor material conditions and moral influences including fixed ideas
• A severe infection contracted from the unsanitary conditions of his lodgings
• Chronic malnutrition caused by his extreme poverty and refusal to accept help

What words does Razumihin use to denounce Luzhin's character?

• A coward, a drunkard, a liar, and a thief who preys on women
• A spy, a speculator, a skin-flint, and a buffoon unworthy of Dounia
• A gambler, a womanizer, a fraud, and a man with no real profession
• A hypocrite, a gossip, a social climber, and a manipulative schemer

What happens when Zossimov remarks that Dounia is "a fetching little girl"?

• Razumihin laughs it off but asks Zossimov to be more respectful in future
• Razumihin seizes him by the throat and slams him against the wall in rage
• Razumihin falls silent and refuses to speak to Zossimov for the rest of the walk
• Razumihin challenges Zossimov to a formal duel over the inappropriate remark

What is Razumihin's famous philosophical statement about truth and error?

• "The truth is always simple, but men prefer to make it complicated with their arguments"
• "Through error you come to the truth! To go wrong in one's own way is better than to go right in someone else's"
• "Truth belongs to no one; it lives in the space between what we say and what we mean"
• "Error is the mother of invention, and truth is merely the child we refuse to recognize"

How does Dostoevsky describe Dounia's one physical irregularity?

• A faint scar on her left cheek that gave her face a dramatic, memorable quality
• A slightly projecting lower lip and chin that gave her an almost haughty expression
• Unusually large hands that contrasted with her otherwise delicate appearance
• A slight unevenness in her dark eyes that made her gaze seem particularly intense

Which of these events actually happened in this chapter?

In this chapter, Zossimov says Raskolnikov has "something approaching a monomania." What does monomania mean?

• A tendency to withdraw from social interaction and prefer solitude
• An obsessive preoccupation with a single idea or subject
• A condition of extreme mood swings between elation and despair
• A medical term for recurring fever caused by nervous exhaustion

Razumihin calls Luzhin "a skin-flint." What does this word mean?

• A person who deceives others through elaborate confidence schemes
• A person who is extremely stingy and unwilling to spend money
• A person who changes their opinions to match whoever they are speaking to
• A person who uses flattery and charm to manipulate vulnerable people

The narrator says Pulcheria Alexandrovna "looked on his presence as providential." What does providential mean?

• Temporary and likely to change once circumstances improve
• Occurring at a favorable time, as if arranged by divine intervention
• Unexpected and difficult to explain through ordinary reasoning
• Slightly unsettling but ultimately harmless in its effects