Part IV - Chapter VI Quiz — Crime and Punishment

What causes the commotion that interrupts Porfiry Petrovitch's interrogation of Raskolnikov?

• A group of witnesses arrive with new physical evidence from the murder scene that implicates Raskolnikov directly
• The prisoner Nikolay forces his way past guards into the room, drops to his knees, and confesses to the murders
• Razumikhin bursts in to warn Raskolnikov that the police have issued a formal arrest warrant for him
• Sonya Marmeladova appears at the door demanding to speak with Porfiry about Raskolnikov's mental state

What specific details does Nikolay provide about the murders in his confession to Porfiry?

• He names the victims as Alyona Ivanovna and Lizaveta, says he used an axe he had ready, and claims he acted alone
• He describes finding the axe at the scene and killing both women in a fit of rage over an unpaid debt they owed him
• He says he and Mitka planned the murders together but that only he carried them out while Mitka kept lookout
• He confesses to killing Alyona but claims Lizaveta's death was an accident when she stumbled during the struggle

How does Porfiry Petrovitch react to Nikolay's confession?

• He accepts the confession immediately and begins preparing formal charges, relieved that the case is finally solved
• He is skeptical and annoyed, muttering that Nikolay is "not telling his own tale" and that the interruption was premature
• He dismisses Nikolay's confession outright and orders the guards to take him away for wasting the department's time
• He breaks down emotionally, confessing to Raskolnikov that he has been pursuing the wrong suspect all along

What sarcastic observation does Raskolnikov make to Porfiry as he is leaving the office?

• He suggests that Porfiry has been psychologically torturing Nikolay until he confessed and will now "vivisect" him further
• He accuses Porfiry of manufacturing the entire confession scene to trick him into dropping his guard and speaking freely
• He remarks that Porfiry's investigative methods are so primitive that even a student could have evaded them easily
• He tells Porfiry that the confession proves the investigation was incompetent from the very beginning of the case

What does Porfiry say to Raskolnikov as he chases him down the stairs after the interview?

• He warns Raskolnikov not to leave the city and threatens to have him arrested if he attempts to flee before the next interview
• He apologizes for the interruption and says there are still some questions he must ask, so they shall meet again
• He reveals that he has additional witnesses who can place Raskolnikov at the murder scene on the night of the crime
• He confides that he does not believe Nikolay's confession and asks Raskolnikov to help him prove it false

Who is the mysterious stranger who visits Raskolnikov at his room at the end of the chapter?

• A police detective sent by Porfiry to conduct secret surveillance of Raskolnikov's behavior after the interrogation
• An artisan who works as a hide-curer in the building where the murders occurred, who had reported Raskolnikov to Porfiry
• Nikolay's brother, who has come to explain that Nikolay's confession was forced and to warn Raskolnikov of danger
• A former tenant of the pawnbroker Alyona Ivanovna, who overheard suspicious sounds on the night of the murders

What does the artisan's visit reveal to Raskolnikov about Porfiry's evidence?

• It reveals that Porfiry has assembled a network of informants throughout the neighborhood who have been tracking Raskolnikov's movements
• It reveals that Porfiry's only evidence is psychological -- the artisan was the hidden "surprise," and no material facts exist
• It reveals that Porfiry has already obtained a formal confession from another witness that directly implicates Raskolnikov
• It reveals that Porfiry has been bluffing entirely and has no interest in Raskolnikov as a suspect in the murder case

What is Raskolnikov's final resolve at the end of the chapter?

• He decides to confess his crime to Sonya and follow her counsel about accepting suffering and seeking redemption
• He resolves to "make a fight for it," though the narrator notes his malice is aimed at himself and he recalls his cowardice with shame
• He plans to flee St. Petersburg immediately and travel abroad before Porfiry can gather any additional evidence
• He determines to visit Porfiry voluntarily the next morning and submit to formal questioning to prove his innocence

Which of these events actually happened in this chapter?

When the narrator says Nikolay had a "deathly pallor in his face, as though he were being led to the scaffold," what does "scaffold" mean in this context?

• A temporary platform used by workers during building construction or renovation projects
• A raised platform on which condemned prisoners are publicly executed by hanging or beheading
• A wooden framework used in theatrical productions as a stage set for dramatic performances
• A medical stretcher or frame used to transport injured or seriously ill patients to a hospital

What does Raskolnikov mean when he accuses Porfiry of planning to "vivisect" Nikolay after his confession?

• To physically restrain and torture a prisoner using approved interrogation methods from the police handbook
• To surgically dissect a living subject; used metaphorically for ruthless psychological analysis and dismantling of testimony
• To publicly humiliate and degrade a suspect by reading his confession aloud in front of his family and associates
• To transfer a prisoner between multiple detention facilities in order to disorient and confuse him before trial

When the narrator describes Porfiry as being "thrown out of his reckoning" by Nikolay's arrival, what does "reckoning" mean here?

• His emotional composure and professional dignity in front of suspects and subordinates during formal interviews
• His carefully worked-out plan or calculation -- the strategy he had prepared for interrogating Raskolnikov
• His official count of the number of suspects and witnesses involved in the investigation of the murder case
• His personal accounting of the hours spent working on the case, which he must report to his superiors