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Fyodor Dostoevsky - Quiz
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  • 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) Judaism
B) Islam
C) Buddhism
D) Christianity
  • 3. In what region were lands granted to Danilo Irtishch in 1509?
A) St. Petersburg
B) Moscow
C) Darovoye
D) Pinsk
  • 4. The name 'Dostoevsky' is derived from a village named what?
A) Mariinsky
B) Nechayeva
C) Irtishch
D) Dostojewo
  • 5. The name 'Dostoevsky' is derived from a word meaning what?
A) Dignitary
B) Doctor
C) Merchant
D) Priest
  • 6. What was the occupation of Dostoevsky's maternal ancestors?
A) Merchants
B) Priests
C) Civil servants
D) Military officers
  • 7. What was the occupation of the male line on Dostoevsky's father's side?
A) Medical doctors
B) Nobles
C) Merchants
D) Priests
  • 8. What institution did Mikhail Dostoevsky enroll in at age 20?
A) Imperial Medical-Surgical Academy
B) Mariinsky Hospital
C) University of Moscow
D) The Pinsk Academy
  • 9. Who did Mikhail Dostoevsky marry in 1819?
A) Aleksandra
B) Varvara
C) Vera
D) Maria Nechayeva
  • 10. What position did Mikhail Dostoevsky receive in 1828 that raised his legal status?
A) Collegiate assessor
B) Senior physician
C) Village mayor
D) Military doctor
  • 11. Where was the estate acquired by Mikhail Dostoevsky located?
A) Pinsk
B) Moscow
C) Darovoye
D) Dostojewo
  • 12. How far was the Darovoye estate from Moscow?
A) 50 km
B) 100 km
C) 150 km
D) 200 km
  • 13. Which Dostoevsky sibling was a memoirist who wrote about family history?
A) Mikhail
B) Varvara
C) Andrei
D) Nikolai
  • 14. Which sibling of Fyodor struggled with alcoholism?
A) Aleksandra
B) Nikolai
C) Andrei
D) Varvara
  • 15. In what year was the sibling Yelizaveta born?
A) 1837
B) 1831
C) 1822
D) 1825
  • 16. In what city was Fyodor Dostoevsky born?
A) Saint Petersburg
B) Moscow
C) Siberia
D) Kiev
  • 17. In what year did Dostoevsky die?
A) 1866
B) 1875
C) 1881
D) 1849
  • 18. What profession did Dostoevsky practice after graduating from the Nikolayevsky Engineering Academy?
A) Lawyer
B) Engineer
C) Doctor
D) Soldier
  • 19. Which novel is considered one of the first works of existentialist literature?
A) Crime and Punishment
B) Poor Folk
C) Notes from Underground
D) The Brothers Karamazov
  • 20. For what group was Dostoevsky arrested in 1849?
A) Petrashevsky Circle
B) The Russian Philosophical Society
C) The Siberian Revolutionary Group
D) The Literary Union
  • 21. How many years did Dostoevsky spend in a Siberian hard labour camp?
A) Six years
B) Two years
C) Four years
D) Ten years
  • 22. Which book was inspired by Dostoevsky's time in a labour camp?
A) The Idiot
B) The Adolescent
C) The House of the Dead
D) Demons
  • 23. Which philosopher called Dostoevsky 'the only psychologist from whom I had something to learn'?
A) Friedrich Nietzsche
B) Sigmund Freud
C) Albert Camus
D) Jean-Paul Sartre
  • 24. What was the name of Dostoevsky's first novel?
A) The Adolescent
B) Poor Folk
C) The Brothers Karamazov
D) The House of the Dead
  • 25. Into how many languages have Dostoevsky's books been translated?
A) Over 200
B) Over 100
C) Over 50
D) Over 170
  • 26. What personal addiction caused Dostoevsky financial hardship during his travels in Western Europe?
A) Spending on art
B) Opium
C) Alcoholism
D) Gambling
  • 27. In what year was Crime and Punishment published?
A) 1866
B) 1869
C) 1880
D) 1864
  • 28. What literary format is A Writer's Diary?
A) A collection of his writings
B) A play
C) A long poem
D) A novel
  • 29. How many novels did Dostoevsky write in total?
A) Seventeen
B) Twenty
C) Thirteen
D) Three
  • 30. What was the result of Dostoevsky's arrest in 1849?
A) He was immediately exiled
B) He was sentenced to death, but commuted
C) He was pardoned immediately
D) He was executed
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