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In which year was Fyodor Dostoevsky arrested for participating in the Petrashevsky Circle?
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1849
On what date did Fyodor Dostoevsky die in Saint Petersburg?
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9 February 1881
What was the name of the Siberian prison camp where Dostoevsky served his penal-labor sentence?
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Omsk katorga
What was the name of Dostoevsky’s younger brother who co-edited the journals Vremya and Epoch?
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Mikhail Dostoevsky
What was the name of Dostoevsky’s first wife, whom he married in 1857?
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Maria Isaeva
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On what date did Fyodor Dostoevsky die in Saint Petersburg?
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9 February 1881
What was the name of Dostoevsky’s younger brother who co-edited the journals Vremya and Epoch?
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Mikhail Dostoevsky
What was the name of Dostoevsky’s first wife, whom he married in 1857?
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Maria Isaeva
Which Dostoevsky novel features the epileptic prince Lev Myshkin?
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The Idiot
Which Dostoevsky novel was published in 1866 under the Russian title Prestupleniye i nakazaniye?
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Crime and Punishment
Which novel introduced Ian Rankin’s Edinburgh detective Inspector Rebus?
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Knots and Crosses
In Alfred Hitchcock’s 1935 film The 39 Steps, which actor plays Richard Hannay?
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Robert Donat