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Dead Souls, an Uncommon card
Dead Souls is a novel by Nikolai Gogol, first published in 1842, and widely regarded as an exemplar of 19th-century Russian literature.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 64
- DEF
- 43
- Power
- 107
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 120,000
Power 107 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 45 % of WikiCards cards.
Dead Souls quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Dead Souls card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
These people typify the ______ middle aristocracy of the time.
Answer
Russian. These people typify the Russian middle aristocracy of the time. From the Dead Souls article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Dead Souls is a novel by Nikolai Gogol, first published in ____, and widely regarded as an exemplar of 19th-century Russian literature.
Answer
1840s. Dead Souls is a novel by Nikolai Gogol, first published in 1842, and widely regarded as an exemplar of 19th-century Russian literature. From the Dead Souls article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Reptilian conspiracy theory. Reptilian conspiracy theory 490,000 · Gabriel G. Mourreau 180,000 · Dead Souls 120,000 · Annabel Lee 85,000 Wikipedia reads over a year.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- The novel chronicles the travels and adventures of Pavel Ivanovich Chichikov and the people whom he encounters.
- These people typify the Russian middle aristocracy of the time.
- Gogol himself saw his work as an "epic poem in prose", and within the book characterised it as a "poem in prose".
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Dead Souls article was read about 120,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 64 and blocks with 43: each hit it takes is cut by 17 %.
How to get Dead Souls
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Dead Souls (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
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