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