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Crime and Punishment
Fyodor Dostoevsky
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Part I: Chapter I
Part I: Chapters II–IV
Part I: Chapters V–VII
Part II: Chapters I–IV
Part II: Chapters V–VII
Part III: Chapters I–III
Part III: Chapters IV–VI
Part IV: Chapters I–III
Part IV: Chapters IV–VI
Part V: Chapters I–IV
Part VI: Chapters I–V
Part VI: Chapters VI–VIII
Epilogue
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Character List
Raskolnikov
Sonya
Dunya
Svidrigailov
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Nihilism
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Part I: Chapter I
Part I: Chapters II–IV
Part I: Chapters V–VII
Part II: Chapters I–IV
Part II: Chapter V–VII
Part III: Chapters I–III
Part III: Chapters IV–VI
Part IV: Chapters I–III
Part IV: Chapters IV–VI
Part V: Chapters I–IV
Part VI: Chapters I–V
Part VI: Chapters VI–VIII
Epilogue
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Raskolnikov
Sonia
Dunia
Svidrigailov
Porfiry Petrovich
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Part 2, Chapters I-IV
Part I, Chapter I
Part I, Chapters II-IV
Part I, Chapters V-VII
Part II: Chapters V-VII
Part III: Chapters I-III
Part III: Chapters IV-VI
Part IV: Chapters I-III
Part IV: Chapters IV-VI
Part V: Chapters I-IV
Part VI: Chapters I-V
Part VI: Chapters VI-VIII
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1
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Where is Crime and Punishment set?
Moscow
Vladivostok
St. Petersburg
Stalingrad
2
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Who does Raskolnikov kill?
Alyona Ivanova and her sister
Katerina Ivanova and her mother
Sonya Marmeladov and her father
Arkady Svidrigailov and his wife
3
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To whom does Raskolnikov first confess the murders?
Razumikhin
Sonya
Porfiry
Dunya
4
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Under what circumstances does Raskolnikov first meet Sonya?
He visits their apartment with Razumikhin.
He encounters her in Ivanova's apartment.
He sees her in the courtyard where he hides the stolen property.
He carries her dying father into their apartment.
5
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Where is Raskolnikov at the end of the novel?
Awaiting execution in Moscow
In prison in Siberia
Working on a farm near St. Petersurg
On a ship in the Black Sea
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