I‘m going to celebrate my birthday at the end of the next week and thinking about making a Dostoevsky-based celebration. The only thing I’m having trouble with is a birthday quest, I don’t have any available in my area (only online ones, but I think that irl would be more fun. It’s not like I’m immediately dismissing that idea, I’m actually planning to try online quest too but with an irl one together) so I need to make something myself. I wanna make a quiz with questions hidden around the house where the event will be held but If I make everything myself I’ll need to know the answers so it would be boring for me to participate in the end.

So can you please help and write down some questions for quiz in a test format? I could’ve ask AI for it but it’s kinda stupid so I’d need to double check its answers which will result in me knowing everything again, it’s just more reliable with real people’s help.

Also if you have any more ideas for the celebration feel free to share. Thx

  • I wish you a nice celebration and hope it's not too late. Here are some questions.

    1. Dostoevsky was subject to constant special attention from censorship. Thus, many key parts of his works were partially censored/redacted during their initial publication. Which one was NOT affected by censorship ?

    a) Notes of the Underground

    b) The Idiot

    c) Demons

    d) The Brothers Karamazov

    1. Dostoevsky was not only censored during his times and the the soviet union era. Which of the following works was allegedly censored in the russian federation for "LGBT propaganda" ?

    a) The Eternal Husband 

    b) Notes from the Dead House 

    c) Netochka Nezvanova

    d) White Nights

    1. Dostoevsky had notoriously complicated relationships with many of his fellow russian writers and critics. Whom did he caricature as a character of Karmazinov in Demons ?

    a) Turgenev

    b) Belinsky

    c) Tolstoy

    d) Katkov

    1. Dostoevsky was master of both short and long forms. The Idiot is divided into 4 more or less equal parts of about 150 pages each. The events of the first part span over :

    a) 1 day

    b) 1 week

    c) 1 month

    d) 1 year

    1. Many try to identify which of Dostoevsky’s characters best represents the author himself or his worldview.  Who of the following characters is supposedly the closest representation of dostoevsky himself ?

    a) Raskolnikov (C&P)

    b) Ivan Karamazov (TBK)

    c) Myshkin (The Idiot)

    d) Shatov (Demons)

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    1. It is unclear which of his works dostoevsky admired the most. Neveretheless, there were clearly the works which he held in a special regard. Which work dostoevsky was referring to in the following quote : "Everyone who has told me that it is my best work has something special in their mindset that has always impressed me and that I have always liked"

    a) Crime and Punishment

    b) The Idiot

    c) Demons

    d) The Brothers Karamazov

    1. Dostoevsky's novels are a popular choice for film adaptations. Which of the following works was NOT adapted into the movie in the soviet union ?

    a) Crime and Punishment

    b) The Idiot

    c) Demons

    d) The Brothers Karamazov

    1. Dostoevsky famously struggled with a gambling addiction throughout his life. According to the renowned dostoevsky biographer Joseph Frank, what was the decisive reason dostoevsky finally stop gambling ?

    a) Him stumbling upon a synagogue during his purposless roaming after a loss at a casino

    b) Realisation of the financial burden his addiction imposed on his family

    c) Anna's hysterical scandal after he lost her family jewels

    d) Persuasion by a starets at Optina monastery

    1. In his works, dostoevsky frequently mentions foreign countries and nationalities. Which of the following characters went to the USA ?

    a) Stavrogin (Demons)

    b) Svidrigailov (C&P)

    c) Kirillov (Demons)

    d) Undeground Man (NftU)

    1. Dostoevsky's literal legacy is a subject to extensive analysis. Which of the following work is a part of his so-called Big Five (Great Pentateuch) ?

    a) Notes from the Underground

    b) Humiliated and Insulted

    c) Poor Folk

    d) The Adolescent

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    Answers :

    1. b
    2. c
    3. a
    4. a
    5. d
    6. b
    7. c
    8. a
    9. c
    10. d
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    Also thank you for your wish, the celebration was great, everyone had a good time

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    Cool ! Glad to hear that everyone had a great time !

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    Dude, thank you a lot, you literally posted this comment the day before celebration and saved it :)

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  • Which book is Nastasya Filippovna reading when Prince Myshkin is searching for her at the end of the Idiot? A.) Anna Karenenia B.) Eugene Onegin C.) Madame Bovary D.) Fathers & Sons

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  • How did Dostoevsky meet his second wife? 1. In a roulette house 2. In a theatre 3. Hired her as a stenographer 4. He was only married once

    Whom of these great Russian authors Dostoevsky never met in person? 1. Tolstoy 2. Turgenev 3. Herzen 4. Nekrasov

    What was Dostoevsky's plan for Alyosha in the unwritten sequel to The Brothers Karamazov? He was to... 1. Become a true monk 2. Marry Grushen'ka 3. Confess to killing his father 4. Attempt to assassinate the Emperor

    What novel by Dostoevsky was never adapted in cinema or on TV? 1. Crime and Punishment 2. The Idiot 3. The Double 4. Poor Folk

    What does Dostoevsky call The House of the Dead? 1. A brothel 2. A prison camp 3. A government building 4. A pub in St. Petersburg

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  • Which novel did Dostoevsky write in under a month to pay off a massive gambling debt?

    Demons The Gambler The Idiot Notes from Underground

    What is the famous first line of 'Notes from Underground'?

    All happy families are alike. I am a sick man... I am a spiteful man. Man is a mystery. I was born in Moscow in 1821.

    What 'terrible' mathematical equation does the Underground Man use to symbolize the logic he hates?

    1 + 1 = 2 2 x 2 = 4 The Golden Ratio E = mc2

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