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