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