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1. Who was the important 18th century prose writer that devoted over twenty years to writing his "History Of The Russian State" ?
2. This poet and prose writer is known as Russia's national poet.
3. Pushkin attended which prestigous school?
4. This writer was so ashamed of his nose that he often wore a piece of cloth which covered his face.
5. Which writer spent time in a Siberian prison in the 19th century?
6. This poet was one of a very few to survive Stalin's terror and whose most famous work is "Poem Without A Hero".
7. Where did Leo Tolstoy die?
8. Who refused the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1958 for a work that was banned in the U.S.S.R. ?
9. Who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1970, but was unable to accept it for five years?
10. Which poet died in a Soviet concentration camp for writing about Stalin- "His fat fingers, like grubs, are greasy/His cockroach moustache sneers/ His boot rims shine." ?
11. I know it is getting gloomy, but one last tragedy (there could be dozens more). Which poet hung him or her self after returning to the Soviet Union from abroad in 1941?
12. Which literary work was the first of Dostoyevsky's to make it big?
13. How many brothers are there for certain in "The Brother's Karamazov"?
14. Pushkin gave Gogol the idea for both "Dead Souls" and "The Government Inspector".
15. The poet Esenin was married to which famous dancer?
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