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