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