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Which of the following is Fyodor Dostoevsky's book?
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Which is not a character in The Brothers Karamazov?
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What ailed Fyodor Dostoyevsky?
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Fyodor Dostoyevsky and the main character of Crime and Punishment, Raskolnikov, had what in common?
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Fyodor Dostoyevsky's novel Crime and Punishment is set in which country?
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681 times (89.6%) |
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In Dostoevsky's Notes From Underground, the Underground Man pities Liza the prostitute and contacts her estranged parents to take her home.
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
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In Fyodor Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment, who is the protagonist?
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4430 times (33.7%) |
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What is the novella "The Double: A Petersburg Poem" by Fyodor Dostoevsky about?
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109 times |
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55 times (24.6%) |
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In "Crime and Punishment", what is the crime?
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Who said "No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear?"
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220 times |
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113 times (36.6%) |
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107 times (34.6%) |
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89 times (28.8%) |
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Which renowned Russian writer once declared to his wife: "It was a devil's trick to let me be born with a soul and talent in Russia"?
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141 times |
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48 times (21.4%) |
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Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky suffered from what disease?
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1977 times |
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What is the name of the narrator in Fyodor Dostoevsky's Notes From Underground?
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How many legitimate Karamazov brothers were there?
Fyodor Dostoevsky
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70 times (21.8%) |
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61 times (19.0%) |
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Who is the protagonist of Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev?
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276 times |
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107 times (22.4%) |
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Which of the following is not by Dostoevsky?
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1025 times |
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756 times (67.7%) |
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Which Fyodor Dostoevsky work features the character Prince Myshkin?
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639 times |
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380 times (28.6%) |
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Which translator, whose work was described by Vladimir Nabokov as "dry shit," introduced Fyodor Dostoevsky's works to the English-reading world in 1912?
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615 times |
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Which work by Fyodor Dostoevsky is narrated by a bitter, reclusive civil servant speaking from his St. Petersburg apartment in the 1860s?
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368 times |
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209 times (33.0%) |
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159 times (25.1%) |
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Which very famous nineteenth century philosopher penned The Twilight of the Idols which word-plays upon Wagner's opera, "The Twilight of the Gods"?
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1797 times |
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913 times (33.2%) |
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In The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky, who "gave an onion" for God?
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364 times |
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106 times (13.7%) |
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258 times (33.2%) |
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In The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky, who is Alyosha's spiritual mentor?
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380 times |
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276 times (36.3%) |
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104 times (13.7%) |
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In The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky, Prince Myshkin suffers from what condition?
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389 times |
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294 times (41.1%) |
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95 times (13.3%) |
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The Swiss town of Vevey can boast of an impressive list of famous past residents. Which of the following, however, is NOT one of them?
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84 times |
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10 times (7.9%) |
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What book begins:
"Early one evening, during an exceptional heat wave in the beginning of July, a young man walked out into the street from the closetlike room he rented on Stoliarny Place"?
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593 times |
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Notes From Underground?
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450 times |
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354 times (55.5%) |
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96 times (15.0%) |
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Notebooks for a Raw Youth?
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249 times |
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79 times (13.9%) |
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very difficult |
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170 times (29.9%) |
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"On an exceptionally hot evening early in July a young man came out of the garret in which he lodged in S. Place and walked slowly, as though in hesitation, towards K. bridge"
... is the beginning of ...
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Who of the following did NOT compose a work entitled "De Profundis"?
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51 times |
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6 times (7.1%) |
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45 times (52.9%) |
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"Thoughts are impurities. That's why they start up in winter."
Who said this?
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50 times |
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17 times (22.1%) |
| Difficulty: |
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33 times (42.9%) |
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