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Russian Culture
Who said what to whom?
100
This city, once the capital of Russia, was once known by the names Leningrad and Petrograd, and also, of the cities in the world with over 1 million people, is the northernmost.
What is St. Petersburg?
100
The main drama of the novel centers on this character's internal conflict - even his name, which comes from a Russian word meaning "schism" or "split," suggests his dual personality.
Who is Raskolnikov?
100
Common name for a Matryoshka or Babushka doll, these wooden dolls are painted according to a certain theme.
What are Russian nesting dolls?
100
"Murderer!" "You...are a murderer." (3.6)
Who is the artisan, speaking to Raskolnikov?
200
This vast, desolate land where Raskolnikov was sentenced to hard labor covers nearly 77% of Russia and 10% of the Earth's surface.
What is Siberia?
200
This character's wife is very proud and constantly reminds us of her aristocratic heritage throughout the novel.
Who is Marmeladov?
200
This masterpiece of Russian architecture, shaped to look like bonfire flames rising into the sky, is a Russian Orthodox church in the center of Moscow.
What is St. Basil's Cathedral?
200
"Allow me to ask you another question out of simple curiosity: have you ever spent a night on a hay barge, on the Neva?" (1.2)
Who is Marmeladov, speaking to Raskolnikov?
300
After nearly being run over by horses at the beginning of the story, Raskolnikov throws a generous 20-kopeck donation into this river, which flows through the heart of St. Petersburg.
What is the Neva River?
300
This character may have "gone to America," but not necessarily in the way we would normally think of.
Who is Svidrigailov?
300
Often consumed by Marmeladov and many other Russians, this grain- or potato-based alcohol is produced throughout the country of Russia.
What is vodka?
300
"Are you afraid of the great expiation before you? No, it would be shameful to be afraid of it...what you need now is fresh air, fresh air, fresh air!" (6.2)
Who is Porfiry Petrovich, speaking to Raskolnikov?
400
You would think this market would be the place where you could buy dried grass, but this dark, dank area of the city, teeming with drunkards, prostitutes, tradesmen, peddlers, and ragpickers, is where Raskolnikov bows down and kisses the earth.
What is Haymarket Square?
400
Sonia is forced to take up residence in this lame tailor's apartment after she starts "living by the yellow ticket."
Who is Kapernaumov?
400
You might find many street performers in Haymarket Square playing this instrument, but as the police officer who speaks to Katherine in C&P reminds us, you need a permit for carrying one.
What is a barrel organ?
400
"I did not bow down to you, I bowed down to all the suffering of humanity." (4.4)
Who is Raskolnikov speaking to Sonia?
500
According to law, no structure in St. Petersburg may be higher than this building - a building that Raskolnikov often looked out into the distance at from a bridge over the Neva.
What is the Winter Palace?
500
A "scrawny and scrufulous little man" who had passionately committed himself to "progress" and "our young generation," this character once beat a woman on the grounds that "compassion is actually forbidden us by science, and that where political economy is practiced, compassion is already abolished by law."
Who is Lebeziatnikov?
500
Dostoyevsky must have written Crime and Punishment using this Russian alphabet.
What is Cyrillic?
500
"Kill her, take her money and with the help of it devote oneself to the service of humanity and the good of all. What do you think, would not one tiny crime be wiped out by thousands of good deeds?" (1.6)
Who is another student speaking to a police officer?