Russian writers
Who wrote the novel Eugene Onegin?
Alexander Pushkin
Who wrote the novella The Captain’s Daughter?
Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin.
Who wrote the poem Winter Morning?
Alexander Pushkin
Which literary work are these characters from? Woland, Azazello, Koroviev, Mikhail Berlioz, Pontius Pilate
The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov.
Which is more important in Classicism: reason or emotion?
Reason
Who wrote the novel Crime and Punishment?
Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky.
What is the title of Leo Tolstoy’s novel about the war against Napoleon?
War and Peace
Farewell, farewell, unwashed Russia,
The land of slaves, the land of lords,
And you, blue uniforms of gendarmes,
And you, obedient to them folks.
Perhaps beyond Caucasian mountains
I'll hide myself from your pashas,
From their eyes that are all-seeing,
From their ears that are all-hearing.
Who wrote this poem?
Mikhail Lermontov
What is the name of the main character in The Overcoat by Nikolai Gogol?
Akaky Akakievich Bashmachkin
Which literary movement focuses on emotions, imagination, and freedom?
Romanticism
Who wrote the novel Oblomov?
Ivan Alexandrovich Goncharov.
What is the title of Mikhail Bulgakov’s novel about the Devil visiting Moscow?
The Master and Margarita
Who wrote the poem Requiem, dedicated to the suffering of people during Stalin’s purges?
Anna Akhmatova
Which character says, “I don’t want to study, I want to get married” in Woe from Wit?
Sophia Famusova
Which literary movement did Nikolay Gumilyov, Osip Mandelstam, and Anna Akhmatova belong to?
Acmeism
Which famous writer wrote only short stories, novellas, and plays?
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov.
Which novel did Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov publish in 1840, based on his experiences in the Caucasus?
A Hero of Our Time.
«A Cloud in Trousers» «Listen!» «Lilichka!»
Who wrote these poems?
Vladimir Mayakovsky
What is the name of the main character in The Idiot by Dostoevsky?
Prince Myshkin
What is the name of the Russian literary movement associated with Mayakovsky and Khlebnikov?
Futurism
Which writer was sentenced to death by firing squad in 1849, but had his execution canceled at the last moment and was sentenced to hard labor instead?
Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky
Which work are these quotes from?“Happy people do not watch the clock.”“I would be glad to serve, but I hate to be a servant.” “And who are the judges?” “Ranks are given by people, and people can be mistaken.”
Woe from Wit by Alexander Sergeyevich Griboyedov.
Who is Alexander Blok’s poetry collection Verses About the Beautiful Lady dedicated to?
His wife, Lyubov Dmitrievna Mendeleeva.
What do Eugene Onegin, Grigory Pechorin, Ilya Oblomov, and Bazarov have in common? What are they called?
They are known as “superfluous men”
Which group of Russian Symbolists did Konstantin Balmont, Zinaida Gippius, Fyodor Sologub, Valery Bryusov, and Dmitry Merezhkovsky belong to Older Symbolists or the Younger Symbolists?
Older Symbolists