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World literature: Who wrote the novel "Crime and Punishment"? Context: A psychological realist work set in St. Petersburg exploring guilt, morality, and redemption. Choose the correct author.

Q: World literature: Who wrote the novel "Crime and Punishment"? Context: A psychological realist work set in St. Petersburg exploring guilt, morality, and redemption. Choose the correct author.

Fact Crime and Punishment was authored by Fyodor Dostoevsky (1866). Context Central character: Rodion Raskolnikov; themes include alienation, moral philosophy, and the psychology of crime. Final Answer Fyodor Dostoevsky.

Difficulty: Easy

Fyodor Dostoevsky
Leo Tolstoy
Nikolai Gogol
Ivan Turgenev
Alexander Pushkin

Correct Answer: Fyodor Dostoevsky

Explanation:

Fact
Crime and Punishment was authored by Fyodor Dostoevsky (1866).

Context
Central character: Rodion Raskolnikov; themes include alienation, moral philosophy, and the psychology of crime.

Final Answer
Fyodor Dostoevsky.

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