- 1. When did Fyodor Dostoyevski die?
A) June 21, 1859
B) February 9, 1881
C) October 4, 1900
D) March 15, 1845
- 2. How old was Dostoyevski when he died?
A) 52
B) 67
C) 59
D) 45
- 3. Which novel did Dostoyevski complete shortly before his death?
A) The Idiot
B) Crime and Punishment
C) The Brothers Karamazov
D) Notes from Underground
- 4. Dostoyevski is considered one of the greatest novelists of which century?
A) 18th century
B) 19th century
C) 20th century
D) 21st century
- 5. What was the title of Dostoyevski's first novel?
A) The Double
B) Poor Folk
C) The Gambler
D) Demons
- 6. Who among the following was a contemporary of Dostoyevski?
A) Leo Tolstoy
B) Franz Kafka
C) Charles Dickens
D) Virginia Woolf
- 7. What was Dostoyevski's profession before becoming a full-time writer?
A) Lawyer
B) Teacher
C) Engineer
D) Doctor
- 8. In which year was Dostoyevski sentenced to death by a firing squad before receiving a last-minute commutation of his sentence?
A) 1849
B) 1857
C) 1863
D) 1875
- 9. Dostoyevski's novel "Crime and Punishment" is set in which city?
A) Saint Petersburg
B) Paris
C) London
D) Moscow
- 10. What political ideology does Dostoyevski critique in his novel "Demons"?
A) Conservatism
B) Marxism
C) Fascism
D) Nihilism
- 11. For which literary award was Dostoyevski nominated but never won?
A) Booker Prize
B) Pulitzer Prize
C) Nobel Prize in Literature
D) National Book Award
- 12. In which month of 1881 did Fyodor Dostoyevsky die?
A) May
B) December
C) September
D) January
- 13. What was Fyodor Dostoyevsky's nationality?
A) French
B) Russian
C) American
D) German
- 14. Which literary movement is Fyodor Dostoyevsky associated with?
A) Romanticism
B) Realism
C) Modernism
D) Naturalism
- 15. With which character did Dostoyevsky incorrectly share a surname?
A) Raskolnikov
B) Renfield
C) Robinson
D) Rochester
- 16. In Dostoyevsky's 'The Gambler', which character is addicted to gambling?
A) Madame de Ferline
B) General Zagloba
C) Alexei Ivanovich
D) Polina Alexandrovna
- 17. What was Fyodor Dostoyevsky's father's occupation?
A) Doctor
B) Lawyer
C) Farmer
D) Soldier
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