Question
A man is told “you can’t do it here, it’s not the place!” after he claims he is going to this place while standing by the Neva River. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this place that Svidrigailov (“svid-ree-GUY-loff”) announces that he is “going to” in Crime and Punishment before shooting himself.
ANSWER: America [accept the United States of America; accept the United States or US or USA]
[10e] America was dubbed an “eternal union” among “civilizations” that “find pleasure in the spilling of blood” by this author of Crime and Punishment.
ANSWER: Fyodor Dostoyevsky [or Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky]
[10m] In another Dostoyevsky novel, this eldest Karamazov brother plans to escape Siberia and travel to America with Grushenka after being convicted of his father’s murder.
ANSWER: Dmitri Karamazov [or Mitya; or Dmitri Fyodorovich Karamazov]
<Jaimie Carlson, Literature - European - Long Fiction> ~23298~ <Editor: Jaimie Carlson>
Data
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 PACE NSC | 06/08/2024 | Y | 36 | 20.00 | 100% | 39% | 61% |