- 1. In what year did Alexander Pushkin die?
A) 1843
B) 1812
C) 1820
D) 1837
- 2. Where did the duel in which Pushkin was mortally wounded take place?
A) Paris
B) Moscow
C) Kiev
D) Saint Petersburg
- 3. Who was Pushkin's opponent in the fatal duel?
A) Ivan Turgenev
B) Georges-Charles de Heeckeren d'Anthès
C) Fyodor Tyutchev
D) Mikhail Lermontov
- 4. How old was Alexander Pushkin when he died?
A) 37
B) 30
C) 45
D) 50
- 5. Which Russian emperor was in power when Pushkin died?
A) Peter the Great
B) Nicholas I
C) Paul I
D) Alexander I
- 6. How many children did Pushkin have at the time of his death?
A) 6
B) 2
C) 1
D) 4
- 7. What nationality was Pushkin's opponent in the fatal duel?
A) German
B) Russian
C) French
D) English
- 8. Which of Pushkin's works is considered a masterwork of Russian romanticism?
A) The Queen of Spades
B) Eugene Onegin
C) The Bronze Horseman
D) Boris Godunov
- 9. In what language did Pushkin write most of his works?
A) English
B) German
C) Russian
D) French
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