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