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"Sympathy for the Devil" was partially inspired by which Russian novel?

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Correct answer

The Master and Margarita

Explanation

The Rolling Stones song "Sympathy for the Devil" first appeared as the opening track on their 1968 album "Beggars Banquet". It was credited to Jagger/Richards. Jagger has stated that his influence for the song came from Baudelaire and from the Russian author Mikhail Bulgakov's novel The Master and Margarita. Sympathy for the Devil is also the title of a producer's edit of a 1968 film by Jean-Luc Godard.

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Question added 2014-07-18