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