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Diary of a Madman, a Common card
"Diary of a Madman", also translated as "A Madman's Diary" is a short story by the Chinese writer Lu Xun, published in 1918.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 64
- DEF
- 39
- Power
- 103
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 5,900
Power 103 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 45 % of WikiCards cards.
Diary of a Madman quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Diary of a Madman card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
It was an early work written in ______ Chinese in Republican-era China and became associated with the New Culture Movement.
Answer
vernacular. It was an early work written in vernacular Chinese in Republican-era China and became associated with the New Culture Movement. From the Diary of a Madman article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
"Diary of a Madman", also translated as "A Madman's Diary" is a short story by the Chinese writer Lu Xun, published in ____.
Answer
1910s. "Diary of a Madman", also translated as "A Madman's Diary" is a short story by the Chinese writer Lu Xun, published in 1918. From the Diary of a Madman article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Diary of a Madman. Diary of a Madman 64 · Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve 59 · Dubai Festival City Mall 56 · François Pompon 51 ATK in WikiCards.
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.
- It was an early work written in vernacular Chinese in Republican-era China and became associated with the New Culture Movement.
- Lu Xun's stories often critiqued early 20th-century Chinese society, and "Diary of a Madman" established a new language and revolutionary figure of Chinese literature, an attempt to challenge conventional thinking and traditional understanding.
- The diary form and the idea of the madman who sees reality more clearly than those around him were inspired by Nikolai Gogol's short story "Diary of a Madman".
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Diary of a Madman article was read about 5,900 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 39: each hit it takes is cut by 16 %.
How to get Diary of a Madman
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
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The cards just above and just below Diary of a Madman in the power ranking, all domains together.
- John Stevens HenslowCommon · Science · ATK 62 DEF 41
- KarumCommon · Society · ATK 56 DEF 47
- William Preston Lane Jr.Common · History · ATK 59 DEF 44
- White-bellied go-away-birdCommon · Nature · ATK 55 DEF 48
- François PomponCommon · Arts · ATK 51 DEF 52
- Jersey StreetCommon · Society · ATK 58 DEF 45
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Diary of a Madman (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Shizhao, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
