Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy, usually referred to in English as Leo Tolstoy, was a Russian writer. He is regarded as one of the greatest and most influential authors of all time. Test your knowledge of his life and work with our Leo Tolstoy Quiz!
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The Great Leo Tolstoy Quiz
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#1. Tolstoy was a distant relative of which other famous Russian writer?
Unlucky! Alexander Pushkin and Leo Tolstoy were related. Their great-grandmothers were full-blood sisters
#2. Which of these is not a character in Anna Karenina?
Unlucky! Petrukha Avdeyev appears in the novel Hadji Murat
#3. His short story Too Dear, published in 1897 was an adaptation of which author’s story?
Unlucky! “Too Dear!” is Tolstoy’s wickedly satirical adaptation of a story by Guy de Maupassant.
#4. Written in 1886, The Power of Darkness was a …..?
Unlucky! The Power of Darkness is a five-act drama, the play’s production was banned in Russia until 1902
#5. In what year was the first full version of War and Peace published?
Unlucky! An earlier version was serialized in The Russian Messenger from 1865 to 1867 before the full novel was published in 1869
#6. Which of these was not part of his Autobiographical trilogy?
Unlucky! Infancy was not part of the trilogy
#7. In real life Tolstoy died at a train station, in which work does the story similarly conclude at a railway station?
Unlucky! Tolstoy died at the remote station of Astapovo , Anna throws herself under a passing freight train at Obiralovka Station
#8. Tolstoy’s experience as a soldier in the Crimean war inspired which work?
Unlucky! Sevastopol Sketches was published in 1855 to record his experiences during the siege of Sevastopol in Crimea
#9. In The Death of Ivan Ilyich, what was Ivan Ilyich’s profession?
Unlucky! The Death of Ivan Ilyich tells the story of a high-court judge
#10. Tolstoy’s novella Kreutzer Sonata is named for which famous composer’s work?
Unlucky! It was named after Beethoven’s Kreutzer Sonata. Published in 1889 it was promptly censored by the Russian authorities.
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