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