Packet 3: Tossup 15

In a story by this author, a man tries to enclose a vast amount of land by dragging a shovel (15[1])in the dirt, but (15[1])collapses dead (15[1])and is given a grave instead. (-5[1])The (15[1])book The Kingdom (-5[1])of God (15[1])is Within You illustrates this author’s (15[1])belief in Christian anarchism. This author added an epilogue on abstinence to a novella (15[1])in which a misogynistic man on a train tells a story of how he caught his wife sleeping with a (*) violinist. (10[1])In a novel (10[1])by this author, Kitty and Konstantin Levin’s (10[2])happy (10[1])marriage (10[1])contrasts with (10[1])that of Count Vronsky (10[2])and the title character, (10[1])who jumps (10[1])in front (-5[1])of a train. (-5[1])For 10 points, the novella The Kreutzer Sonata is by what Russian author (10[1])of Anna Karenina? ■END■ (10[6])

ANSWER: Leo Tolstoy [or Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy] (The first line is “How Much Land Does a Man Need?”)
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