Question
This novel ends mid-sentence with the phrase “because we all see this now darkly, and we barely…,” part of an anti-corruption speech. For 10 points each.
[10m] Name this novel whose protagonist entices landowners with tax relief in order to purchase the title entities. This novel’s protagonist is arrested for attempting to forge the will of Khlobuyev’s aunt.
ANSWER: Dead Souls [or Mjórtvyje dúshi]
[10e] This Russian author wrote Dead Souls. His short stories include “The Overcoat” and “The Nose.”
ANSWER: Nikolai Gogol [or Nikolai Vasilievich Yanovsky]
[10h] The title character of a Gogol novella who belongs to this group is tied to a tree and burned alive at the novella’s end. The protagonist Olenin attempts to marry a member of this group in a Tolstoy novel titled for them.
ANSWER: Cossacks [or Zaporozhians; or Zaporozhian Cossacks; or Zaporozhian Host; or Viisko Zaporozke; or The Cossacks; or Kazaki] (The Gogol novella is Taras Bulba. The Tolstoy novel is The Cossacks.)
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