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Leo Tolstoy (writer)
Contributed by: Payne
  • 1. In which country did Leo Tolstoy die?
A) Russia
B) United States
C) France
D) Italy
  • 2. What was Leo Tolstoy's occupation?
A) Musician
B) Writer
C) Politician
D) Painter
  • 3. Where is Leo Tolstoy buried?
A) Paris
B) Moscow
C) Yasnaya Polyana
D) St. Petersburg
  • 4. What was Tolstoy's age when he died?
A) 70
B) 90
C) 100
D) 82
  • 5. Which of Tolstoy's novels was often considered his masterpiece?
A) Anna Karenina
B) Resurrection
C) War and Peace
D) The Death of Ivan Ilyich
  • 6. Which Russian political ideology influenced Tolstoy's later life and writings?
A) Anarchism
B) Capitalism
C) Fascism
D) Marxism
  • 7. What was the cause of Tolstoy's death?
A) Cancer
B) Heart Attack
C) Pneumonia
D) Stroke
  • 8. What is the name of the school that Tolstoy founded for peasant children?
A) Kiev University
B) Moscow Academy
C) Yasnaya Polyana School
D) Imperial Lyceum
  • 9. What did Tolstoy famously believe should be renounced in his later life?
A) Private Property
B) Family
C) Social Activism
D) Religion
  • 10. What is the title of Tolstoy's famous novel that starts with the line 'Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way'?
A) Resurrection
B) War and Peace
C) The Death of Ivan Ilyich
D) Anna Karenina
  • 11. How many children did Tolstoy have at the time of his death?
A) 5
B) 13
C) 9
D) 18
  • 12. What is Tolstoy's full name?
A) Alexei Dmitrievich Tolstoy
B) Ivan Sergeyevich Tolstoy
C) Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy
D) Dmitri Ivanovich Tolstoy
  • 13. What literary movement is Tolstoy associated with?
A) Symbolism
B) Naturalism
C) Romanticism
D) Realism
  • 14. What language did Tolstoy primarily write in?
A) French
B) German
C) Russian
D) English
  • 15. Which famous figure corresponded with Tolstoy and admired his ideas?
A) Mahatma Gandhi
B) Albert Einstein
C) Winston Churchill
D) Pablo Picasso
  • 16. What is the name of the train station where Tolstoy planned to get off and ended up dying?
A) Astapovo
B) Tula
C) Samara
D) Moscow
  • 17. Tolstoy was excommunicated by which church in 1901?
A) Greek Orthodox Church
B) Lutheran Church
C) Russian Orthodox Church
D) Roman Catholic Church
  • 18. What was the title of Tolstoy's work in which he presents his views on art and aesthetics?
A) War and Peace
B) What Is Art?
C) The Cossacks
D) The Death of Ivan Ilyich
  • 19. Which of Tolstoy's works reflects his experiences during the Crimean War?
A) Sevastopol Sketches
B) The Cossacks
C) The Kreutzer Sonata
D) Resurrection
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