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