Crime and Punishment Characters

Question 1

The protagonist

Answer 1

Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov (Rodia)

Question 2

Raskolnikov’s mother

Answer 2

Pulcheria Alexandrovna Raskolnikov

Question 3

Raskolnikov’s sister

Answer 3

Avdotia Romananovna Raskolnikov (Dunia)

Question 4

Raskolnikov’s friend - a poor ex- college student

Answer 4

Dmitri Prokokich Razumikhin

Question 5

the pawnbroker that Raskolnikov kills; often referred to as “the old woman”

Answer 5

Aliona Ivanovna

Question 6

The half-sister of Aliona Ivanovna; a friend of Sonia

Answer 6

Lizaveta Ivanovna

Question 7

A government official who is an alcoholic

Answer 7

Semion Zaharovich Marmeladov

Question 8

the wife of Marmeladov; she is afflicted with consumption

Answer 8

Katerina Ivanovna Marmeladov

Question 9

Raskolnikov’s beloved; daughter of the Marmeladvos

Answer 9

Sofia Semionovna Marmeladov (Sonia)

Question 10

the eldest daughter of Katerina Ivanovna from a previous marriage

Answer 10

Polenka Marmeladov (Polia)

Question 11

The daughter of Katerina Ivanovna from a previous marriage

Answer 11

Lida Marmeladov

Question 12

The landlady of the Marmeladovs. Her surname is German, but she refers to herself by the Russian- sounding Amalia Ivanovna; to irritate her Katerina Ivanovna calls her Amalia Ludwigovna, which calles attention to her German origin

Answer 12

Amalia Fiodorovna Lippewechsel

Question 13

Dunia’s former employer

Answer 13

Arkady Ianovich Svidrigailov

Question 14

the wife of Svidrigailov

Answer 14

Marfa Petrovna Svidrigailov

Question 15

Dunia’s fiancé; a distant relative of Marfa Svidrigailov

Answer 15

Peter Petrovich Luzhin

Question 16

Luzhin’s roommate

Answer 16

Andrei Semionovich Lebeziatnikov

Question 17

Raskolnikov’s doctor; a friend of Dmitri Razumikhin

Answer 17

Zossimov

Question 18

A servant in the house where Raskolnikov lives; she tends to him after the murders

Answer 18

Nastasia Petronovna

Question 19

Raskolnikov’s landlady; Raskolnikov had been engaged to her daughter, who died

Answer 19

Praskovia Pavlovna Zarnitsyn

Question 20

With Pestraikov, he discovers the murders

Answer 20

Koch

Question 21

With Koch, he discovers the murders

Answer 21

Pestriakov

Question 22

The official investigating the murders

Answer 22

Porfiry Petrovich

Question 23

the cief of police

Answer 23

Nikodim Fomich

Question 24

a painter accused of the murders

Answer 24

Nikolai Dementiev (Mikolka)

Question 25

A merchant; Raskolnikov’s mother borrows money from him to send to her son

Answer 25

Afanasy Ivanovich Vakrushin