A character with this profession hallucinates a woman flying and holding pitchforks while he walks down the street in a story collected in a “Notebook” by a “Young” person with this profession. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this profession of Polyakov, who shoots himself at a story’s end. In a story by another author, a member of this profession named Rabin argues about Stoic philosophy with Gromov.
ANSWER: doctor [or physician; or medicine; accept A Young Doctor’s Notebook] (The story in the lead-in is “Morphine.”)
[10e] Dr. Rabin rejects Stoicism in this author’s story “Ward No. 6.” Dmitri Gurov meets a woman who owns a white Pomeranian in a story by this author of The Seagull and The Cherry Orchard.
ANSWER: Anton Chekhov [or Anton Pavlovich Chekhov] (The story is “The Lady with the Dog.”)
[10m] “Morphine” and the collection A Young Doctor’s Notebook were inspired by this author’s experiences. In a novel by this author, a character says, “Manuscripts don’t burn” to a character who targets the organization Massolit.
ANSWER: Mikhail Bulgakov [or Mikhail Afanasyevich Bulgakov] (The novel is The Master and Margarita.)
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