Fyodor Dostoevsky

Fyodor Dostoevsky - Quiz

1. Which group did Dostoevsky's paternal ancestor, Aslan Chelebi-Murza, defect from in 1389?

A) The Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
B) The Russian Orthodox Church
C) The Imperial Medical-Surgical Academy
D) The Golden Horde

2. What religion did Aslan Chelebi-Murza convert to after joining the Russian side?

A) Christianity
B) Islam
C) Buddhism
D) Judaism

3. In what region were lands granted to Danilo Irtishch in 1509?

A) Darovoye
B) St. Petersburg
C) Pinsk
D) Moscow

4. The name 'Dostoevsky' is derived from a village named what?

A) Irtishch
B) Nechayeva
C) Mariinsky
D) Dostojewo

5. The name 'Dostoevsky' is derived from a word meaning what?

A) Merchant
B) Priest
C) Dignitary
D) Doctor

6. What was the occupation of Dostoevsky's maternal ancestors?

A) Military officers
B) Priests
C) Merchants
D) Civil servants

7. What was the occupation of the male line on Dostoevsky's father's side?

A) Medical doctors
B) Priests
C) Nobles
D) Merchants

8. What institution did Mikhail Dostoevsky enroll in at age 20?

A) Mariinsky Hospital
B) University of Moscow
C) The Pinsk Academy
D) Imperial Medical-Surgical Academy

9. Who did Mikhail Dostoevsky marry in 1819?

A) Varvara
B) Vera
C) Aleksandra
D) Maria Nechayeva

10. What position did Mikhail Dostoevsky receive in 1828 that raised his legal status?

A) Senior physician
B) Military doctor
C) Village mayor
D) Collegiate assessor

11. Where was the estate acquired by Mikhail Dostoevsky located?

A) Moscow
B) Darovoye
C) Dostojewo
D) Pinsk

12. How far was the Darovoye estate from Moscow?

A) 200 km
B) 50 km
C) 150 km
D) 100 km

13. Which Dostoevsky sibling was a memoirist who wrote about family history?

A) Nikolai
B) Varvara
C) Andrei
D) Mikhail

14. Which sibling of Fyodor struggled with alcoholism?

A) Andrei
B) Varvara
C) Nikolai
D) Aleksandra

15. In what year was the sibling Yelizaveta born?

A) 1822
B) 1837
C) 1825
D) 1831

16. In what city was Fyodor Dostoevsky born?

A) Moscow
B) Kiev
C) Siberia
D) Saint Petersburg

17. In what year did Dostoevsky die?

A) 1881
B) 1875
C) 1849
D) 1866

18. What profession did Dostoevsky practice after graduating from the Nikolayevsky Engineering Academy?

A) Doctor
B) Soldier
C) Lawyer
D) Engineer

19. Which novel is considered one of the first works of existentialist literature?

A) The Brothers Karamazov
B) Notes from Underground
C) Poor Folk
D) Crime and Punishment

20. For what group was Dostoevsky arrested in 1849?

A) Petrashevsky Circle
B) The Literary Union
C) The Siberian Revolutionary Group
D) The Russian Philosophical Society

21. How many years did Dostoevsky spend in a Siberian hard labour camp?

A) Ten years
B) Two years
C) Four years
D) Six years

22. Which book was inspired by Dostoevsky's time in a labour camp?

A) Demons
B) The Idiot
C) The House of the Dead
D) The Adolescent

23. Which philosopher called Dostoevsky 'the only psychologist from whom I had something to learn'?

A) Jean-Paul Sartre
B) Sigmund Freud
C) Friedrich Nietzsche
D) Albert Camus

24. What was the name of Dostoevsky's first novel?

A) Poor Folk
B) The House of the Dead
C) The Adolescent
D) The Brothers Karamazov

25. Into how many languages have Dostoevsky's books been translated?

A) Over 100
B) Over 50
C) Over 170
D) Over 200

26. What personal addiction caused Dostoevsky financial hardship during his travels in Western Europe?

A) Gambling
B) Opium
C) Alcoholism
D) Spending on art

27. In what year was Crime and Punishment published?

A) 1880
B) 1869
C) 1864
D) 1866

28. What literary format is A Writer's Diary?

A) A collection of his writings
B) A long poem
C) A play
D) A novel

29. How many novels did Dostoevsky write in total?

A) Twenty
B) Three
C) Thirteen
D) Seventeen

30. What was the result of Dostoevsky's arrest in 1849?

A) He was executed
B) He was immediately exiled
C) He was sentenced to death, but commuted
D) He was pardoned immediately

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