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