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