Russia Literature Quiz 1

Questions

1. The Real life of Sebastian Knight is a famous work by whom?

   1. Fyodor Dostoevsky
   2. Alexander Pushkin
   3. Vladimir Nabokov
   4. Leo Tolstoy

2. William Ratcliff is a opera by which Russian composer?

   1. Mikly Balakriev
   2. Alexander Borodin
   3. Nikolai Rimsky Korsakov
   4. Cesar Cui

3. Who wrote the novel Eugene Onegin?

   1. Mikhail Bulgajkov
   2. Leo Tolstoy
   3. Fyodor Dostoevsky
   4. Alexander Pushkin

4. Who wrote the classic novel War and Peace?

   1. Alexander Pushkin
   2. Leo Tolstoy
   3. Mikhail Bulgajkov
   4. Fyodor Dostoevsky

5. Who was fatally wounded in a duel with his brother in law?

   1. Mikhail Bulgajkov
   2. Leo Tolstoy
   3. Alexander Pushkin
   4. Fyodor Dostoevsky

6. Who married Sophia Bers in 1862?

   1. Leo Tolstoy
   2. Fyodor Dostoevsky
   3. Mikhail Bulgajkov
   4. Alexander Pushkin

7. Which of these writer was still alive in the 1970s?

   1. Fyodor Dostoevsky
   2. Leo Tolstoy
   3. Alexander Pushkin
   4. Vladimir Nabokov

8. Which of these was born in 1821?

   1. Leo Tolstoy
   2. Alexander Pushkin
   3. Fyodor Dostoevsky
   4. Mikhail Bulgajkov

9. Which of these lived from 1818 to 1883?

   1. Ivan Turgenev
   2. Leo Tolstoy
   3. Fyodor Dostoevsky
   4. Vladimir Nabokov

10. Which of these died in 1960?

    1. Boris Pasternak
    2. Vladimir Nabokov
    3. Leo Tolstoy
    4. Ivan Turgenev

11. Which author was born into a Nobel family?

    1. Leo Tolstoy
    2. Mikhail Bulgajkov
    3. Fyodor Dostoevsky
    4. Alexander Pushkin

12. Torrents of Spring is a key work by which author?

    1. Fyodor Dostoevsky
    2. Leo Tolstoy
    3. Ivan Turgenev
    4. Vladimir Nabokov

13. 26 Men and a girl is a seminal work by whom?

    1. Boris Pasternak
    2. Vladimir Nabokov
    3. Maxim Gorky
    4. Ivan Turgenev

14. The Idiot is a seminal work by which Russian author?

    1. Fyodor Dostoevsky
    2. Mikhail Bulgajkov
    3. Alexander Pushkin
    4. Leo Tolstoy

15. The Double is a seminal work by which Russian author?

    1. Fyodor Dostoevsky
    2. Mikhail Bulgajkov
    3. Alexander Pushkin
    4. Leo Tolstoy

16. Summerfolk is a seminal work by whom?

    1. Ivan Turgenev
    2. Boris Pasternak
    3. Vladimir Nabokov
    4. Maxim Gorky

17. Safe Conduct is one of the lesser known works by which very famous writer?

    1. Leo Tolstoy
    2. Ivan Turgenev
    3. Vladimir Nabokov
    4. Boris Pasternak

18. On Early Trains is one of the lesser known works by which very famous writer?

    1. Vladimir Nabokov
    2. Leo Tolstoy
    3. Boris Pasternak
    4. Ivan Turgenev

19. My Sister Life was a seminal work by whom?

    1. Vladimir Nabokov
    2. Boris Pasternak
    3. Ivan Turgenev
    4. Leo Tolstoy

20. Laughter in the Dark is a famous work by whom?

    1. Vladimir Nabokov
    2. Fyodor Dostoevsky
    3. Leo Tolstoy
    4. Alexander Pushkin

21. Fathers and sons is a key work by which author?

    1. Vladimir Nabokov
    2. Ivan Turgenev
    3. Leo Tolstoy
    4. Fyodor Dostoevsky

22. Crime and Punishment is a seminal work by which Russian author?

    1. Fyodor Dostoevsky
    2. Mikhail Bulgajkov
    3. Leo Tolstoy
    4. Alexander Pushkin

23. Ada or Ardor is a famous work by whom?

    1. Leo Tolstoy
    2. Vladimir Nabokov
    3. Fyodor Dostoevsky
    4. Alexander Pushkin