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This writer’s teachers describe him as "Frivolous, flighty, untidy, negligent, however, good-natured, diligent, polite, with a special passion for poetry"?
Pushkin
What book is this about? "Again, the same Russian boredom, the boredom of a merchant's house, from which, they say, it's even fun to suffocate."
Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District
In which city does the action of "The Queen of Spades" take place?
St Petersburg
This writer told that French doctors discovered that his stomach was upside down.
Gogol
What career path did Gogol completely fail in?
Teaching
The writer who fascinated Europeans with "a blend of naivety and subtlety," "originality of mind, and vast cosmopolitan education".
Turgenev
What beverage did Pushkin drink a lot of?
Tea
Dostoevsky wrote: Minushkas, Clarushkas, Mariannas, and they have become exceedingly expensive, though they look very pretty. In his youth, where did Dostoevsky often go?
a brothel
Which writer said that in autumn he is seized by the poetic madness?
Pushkin
During Pushkin's wedding, what happened to the ring?
it fell on the floor
Who received all of Katerina Izmailova's estate?
her child
Gogol was engaged in handicrafts. What type of handicraft did he excel at?
Sewing and knitting
Where did the first wife of Leskov spend 30 years of her life?
a psychiatric hospital
This writer suffered from heart disease, which would strike him in various places. According to another writer, anticipating an attack makes you feel like a servant in tails serving tea at a ball and suddenly realizing that his suspenders have snapped and his trousers are slipping down.
Leskov
Dostoevsky liked either spiritual women or beautiful women. Once, he was introduced to a Muscovite beauty. What happened to Dostoevsky after?
he fainted
What was Pushkin's first love's name?
Ekaterina
In the house of Turgenev, there was a huge cupboard with large books. He climbed into this cupboard and took out a book with emblems, which he read before going to bed. In his nightmare, who else appeared to him?
Unicorns
How much did Sergey from "Lady Macbeth" pay for dates in the labor camp?
a quarter
Many of Dostoevsky's characters are suspected of schizophrenia. Based on what?
They lack empathy for others and cannot distinguish between good and evil.
What weather phenomenon was Gogol afraid of?
Thunder
Which fish does Leskov compare Katerina with in the waters of the Volga?
Until the 17th century, card games were prohibited in Russia. What could happen to you for playing cards in the mid-17th century?
Have your nostrils ripped out
There is a famous saying that belongs to a literary critique of the 19th century. He wrote: We all came out of ... (which literary work)?
The Overcoat by Gogol
Dostoevsky had three diseases, but he complained about only two. Which ones?
He didn't complain about syphilis, only about hemorrhoids and nerve disorder.
According to his friends, when this writer laughed, he would clutch his stomach and even could fall to the floor.
Turgenev