Famous Russian Authors

Russian literature represents one of the most significant additions to literary history. Their classic authors invoke a sense of the epic and of war, of love and revenge, of class struggles and revolutions. Their books may have a huge cast of characters or just one or two, and they have also added many plays and poems to the roster. Have you ever read a Russian classic? Let's see what you know about these famous Russian authors!
 
 
Russian writer Anton Chekhov is best known for his...
Short stories and plays
Novels and poems
Novellas and short stories
Poems and plays
 
 
What book did Leo Tolstoy not write?
Crime and Punishment
War and Peace
Anna Karenina
The Cossacks
 
 
Which Russian writer was born the latest?
Vladimir Nabokov
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Anton Chekhov
Leo Tolstoy
 
 
What are the names of the three brothers in Dostoevsky's book, "The Brothers Karamazov"?
Dmitry, Ivan, Alexey
Valery, Dmitry, Alyosha
Lydia, Igor and Stanislao
Ivan, Alexey and Katchya
 
 
Who is the author of the novel "The Torrents of Spring"?
Ivan Turgenev
Anton Chekhov
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Vladimir Nabokov
 
 
Which of the following books was written by Vladimir Nabokov?
Lolita
The Death of Ivan Ilyich
What Men Live By
Demons
 
 
In what language did Vladimir Nabokov write the book 'Lolita'?
English
French
Russian
German
 
 
Which Russian writer wrote the famous play "Marriage"?
Nikolai Gogol
Anton Chekhov
Alexander Pushkin
Ivan Turgenev
 
 
Which famous Russian writer was NOT born into a rich family?
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Leo Tolstoy
Vladimir Nabokov
Ivan Turgenev
 
 
Who is the hero of Dostoevsky's book "The Idiot"?
Prince Myshkin
Yevgeny Bazarov
Yuri Zhivago
Rodion Raskolnikov
 
 
The Russian writer Alexander Pushkin is known mainly for his...
Poems
Epic novels
Plays
Short stories
 
 
What famous work did Anton Chekhov write?
The Seagull
Fathers and Sons
The Master and Margarita
Doctor Zhivago
 
 
Anton Chekhov coined a phrase in theater: "Chekhov's _____"
Gun
Stranger
Dress
Hat
 
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