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