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Crime and Punishment escape rooms

6 self-checking escape rooms on Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky, one for each section. Every answer comes from the text, so each room checks reading as well as recall, and they work with any edition. For grades 9–12, classical homeschoolers and literature classes.

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Room by room

• Part 1: The Garret. Raskolnikov's trial visit to the old pawnbroker, his meeting with Marmeladov in a tavern, his mother's letter about Dunya and Luzhin, the dream of the old mare, the news overheard in the Haymarket, and the crime itself.
• Part 2: The Summons. Raskolnikov at the police station, the hiding of the stolen things, his illness and Razumikhin's care, the arrest of a painter, Luzhin's visit, the talk with Zametov, the return to the flat, and Marmeladov's death.
• Part 3: Cat and Mouse. Raskolnikov with his mother and Dunya, Razumikhin's love for Dunya, Luzhin's letter, Sonya's invitation, the first meeting with Porfiry Petrovich and the talk of Raskolnikov's article, the stranger in the street, the nightmare, and the visitor who wakes him.
• Part 4: By Candlelight. Svidrigailov's visit and his offer to Dunya, the evening when Dunya sends Luzhin away, Raskolnikov's farewell to his family, his night in Sonya's room and the story she reads him, the second meeting with Porfiry, and Nikolai's sudden confession.
• Part 5: The Funeral Feast. Luzhin and Lebezyatnikov, Katerina Ivanovna's funeral dinner, the trick played on Sonya and how it is exposed, Raskolnikov's confession to Sonya, Katerina Ivanovna's last day in the street, and Svidrigailov's offer.
• Part 6 and the Epilogue: The Crossroads. Porfiry's last visit, Svidrigailov's meeting with Dunya and his end, Raskolnikov's farewells, the Haymarket and his confession, his trial and sentence, Sonya in Siberia, and his change of heart by the river.