- 1. What is Anna Akhmatova's real name?
A) Anna Alexandrovna Akhmatova
B) Anna Andreyevna Gorenko
C) Maria Andreyevna Gorenko
D) Irina Gorenko
- 2. Which poetic movement was Anna Akhmatova associated with?
A) Imagism
B) Symbolism
C) Futurism
D) Acmeism
- 3. Who was Anna Akhmatova's first husband?
A) Vladimir Mayakovsky
B) Nikolay Gumilyov
C) Osip Mandelstam
D) Boris Pasternak
- 4. Which of Akhmatova's works was banned in the Soviet Union for many years?
A) Requiem
B) Evening
C) Poem Without a Hero
D) The White Flock
- 5. Who is considered Anna Akhmatova's literary rival?
A) Sergei Yesenin
B) Marina Tsvetaeva
C) Bella Akhmadulina
D) Alexander Blok
- 6. In what year did Anna Akhmatova receive the Etna-Taormina prize?
A) 1945
B) 1978
C) 1982
D) 1964
- 7. What is the title of Anna Akhmatova's first published book of poetry?
A) Evening
B) The White Flock
C) Requiem
D) Rosary
- 8. Anna Akhmatova was known for writing poetry mostly in which language?
A) Russian
B) German
C) English
D) French
- 9. Anna Akhmatova's poetry was banned during which period in Soviet Russia?
A) Khrushchev Thaw
B) Stalinist era
C) Perestroika
D) Glasnost
- 10. What is the title of the long poem Anna Akhmatova wrote during the siege of Leningrad?
A) The Village
B) Poem Without a Hero
C) Lot's Wife
D) Requiem
- 11. Which famous writer was Anna Akhmatova close friends with during her lifetime?
A) Boris Pasternak
B) Fyodor Dostoevsky
C) Leo Tolstoy
D) Anton Chekhov
- 12. What was the name of Anna Akhmatova's son who was arrested multiple times by the Soviet authorities?
A) Joseph Brodsky
B) Lev Gumilev
C) Andrei Bely
D) Nikolay Gumilyov
- 13. In what year did Anna Akhmatova pass away?
A) 1975
B) 1980
C) 1966
D) 1957
- 14. Anna Akhmatova's poem 'Lot's Wife' is based on a story from which religious text?
A) The Vedas
B) The Bible
C) The Quran
D) The Torah
- 15. In which country was Anna Akhmatova born?
A) France
B) Germany
C) Russia
D) Italy
- 16. Who is considered one of Anna Akhmatova's poetic heirs and was influenced by her work?
A) Joseph Brodsky
B) Bella Akhmadulina
C) Yevgeny Yevtushenko
D) Boris Pasternak
- 17. Which prestigious literary award did Akhmatova win posthumously in 1964?
A) Etna-Taormina Prize
B) Booker Prize
C) Pulitzer Prize
D) Nobel Prize in Literature
- 18. Who was Anna Akhmatova's closest literary friend and fellow Acmeist poet?
A) Boris Pasternak
B) Marina Tsvetaeva
C) Osip Mandelstam
D) Igor Severyanin
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