Know your Russian literature

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  

1. Our first novel is the verse novel "Eugene Onegin". Who wrote this novel? Nikolai Karamzin Anatoly Rybakov Nikolai Gogol Alexander Pushkin

2. Our next novel consists of several interconnected stories: "A Hero of our Time". Which author wrote this book? Yevgeny Garshin Anna Achmatova Lev Tolstoy Mikhail Lermontov

3. Published in more recent times: "One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich". Who was the author of this book? Ilya Ilf Alexander Solzhenitsyn Osip Mandelstam Yuri Trifonov

4. Who wrote the famous "Anna Karenina"? Lyev Tolstoy Ivan Turgenev Mikhail Zoshchenko Ivan Goncharov

5. A long title of a funny book: Can you tell me who wrote "The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin"? Sergey Dovlatov Boris Pilnyak Vladimir Voynovich Konstantin Paustovsky

6. Which novelist brought us "The Brothers Karamazov"? Andrey Beliy Fyodor Sologub Fyodor Dostoevsky Alexander Kuprin

7. Which playwright wrote "The Seagull"? Boris Akunin Bulat Okudzhava Nikolai Chernyshevsky Anton Chekhov

8. Published in 1862, "Fathers and Sons" is the best known work of this author. Who is he? Dina Rubina Ivan Turgenev Lev Kassil Sasha Sokolov

9. Frequently called one of the greatest novels of the 20th century: "The Master and Margarita". To what wordsmith do we owe this book? Daniil Andreyev Afanasiy Fet Maria Rybakova Mikhail Bulgakov

10. And last but not least: the mighty "Doctor Zhivago". Can you tell me who wrote this book? Boris Pasternak Yevgenia Ginzburg Vsevolod Ivanov Georgiy Vladimov