What is the subtitle of Nikolai Gogol's 'Dead Souls'?
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A Poem
98686 Intermediate Trivia Questions
98686 public questions at this depth. How many can you answer?
In 'The Brothers Karamazov', which brother is the youngest?
Answer
Alyosha
Which Russian author wrote the novel 'The Life of a Useless Man'?
Answer
Maxim Gorky
Which novel by Dostoevsky begins with 'I am a sick man... I am a spiteful man'?
Answer
Notes from Underground
What is the name of the railway station where Anna Karenina dies?
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Obiralovka
What is the surname of the protagonist in 'Oblomov'?
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Oblomov
Which Russian author is known for the short story 'The Bet'?
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Anton Chekhov
In 'A Hero of Our Time', what is the name of the protagonist?
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Pechorin
Which Russian author wrote 'Dead Souls'?
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Nikolai Gogol
Which novel by Mikhail Bulgakov features a character named Woland?
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The Master and Margarita
In 'Doctor Zhivago', what is the profession of Yuri Zhivago?
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Physician
Who is the Heathobard prince betrothed to Freawaru?
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Ingeld
Who is the queen of the Geats, wife of Hygelac?
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Hygd
What is the name of Hrothgar's nephew?
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Hrothulf
How many warriors does Beowulf bring with him to Denmark?
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Fourteen
What object does a slave steal that awakens the dragon?
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A golden cup
Who becomes king of the Geats after Beowulf's death?
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Wiglaf
What is the name of the sword given to Beowulf by Unferth?
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Hrunting
In what century was the Beowulf manuscript written?
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11th century
What is the only surviving manuscript of Beowulf called?
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Nowell Codex
Which Russian general dies from wounds at the Battle of Borodino in War and Peace?
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Prince Bagration
What is the name of the comet that Pierre sees in War and Peace?
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The Great Comet
Which battle takes place before the Battle of Austerlitz in War and Peace?
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Battle of Schöngrabern
In what year does the novel War and Peace begin?
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1805
Which peasant character embodies Tolstoy's philosophy of simple living?
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Platon Karataev
What secret society does Pierre consider joining in the novel?
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The Freemasons
Which major character is mortally wounded at the Battle of Borodino?
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Prince Andrei
Which German Romantic poet wrote the play 'The Robbers'?
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Friedrich Schiller
Which American Romantic novelist wrote 'The Last of the Mohicans'?
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James Fenimore Cooper
Which Romantic poet wrote the lyrical drama 'Prometheus Unbound'?
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Percy Bysshe Shelley
Which American Romantic poet wrote the epic poem 'The Song of Hiawatha'?
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Which Russian Romantic poet wrote the narrative poem 'The Bronze Horseman'?
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Alexander Pushkin
Which Scottish Romantic poet wrote the song 'Auld Lang Syne'?
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Robert Burns
Which German Romantic author wrote 'The Nutcracker and the Mouse King'?
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E.T.A. Hoffmann
Which American Romantic author wrote the novel 'The House of the Seven Gables'?
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Nathaniel Hawthorne
Which Russian Romantic poet wrote 'Eugene Onegin'?
Answer
Alexander Pushkin
Which Scottish Romantic poet wrote 'Tam o' Shanter'?
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Robert Burns
Which Romantic poet was expelled from Oxford for writing 'The Necessity of Atheism'?
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Percy Bysshe Shelley
Which Romantic poet died at Missolonghi in 1824?
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Lord Byron