This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Regions > Russian > Russian Literature – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Russian Literature Quiz 1 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What stopped the development of literature in Ancient Rus' for a long time? A) Mongol invasion of Kievan Rus in the 13th century. B) Lack of proper attention to literature on the part of the rulers of ancient Rus'. C) Lack of education among clergy. D) The inability of the Russian people to read and write. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mongol invasion of Kievan Rus in the 13th century. 2. The low sun shone yellow on the empty fields, the horses splashed steadily through the puddles. He gazed at the fleetingly glimpsed horseshoes, his black brows knitted, and thought: "Yes, you've only yourself to blame. Yes, of course they were the best moments. And not merely the best, but truly magical! 'All round the scarlet dog rose bloomed, the avenues of dark limes stood ..... '[11] But my God, what would have happened later on? What if I hadn't abandoned her? What nonsense! This Nadezhda, not the keeper of a lodging house, but my wife, the mistress of my house in St Petersburg, the mother of my children?" And closing his eyes, he shook his head. A) Captain's Daughter by Pushkin. B) Oblomov would Goncharov. C) The Dark Avenues by Bunin. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Dark Avenues by Bunin. 3. Who was the author of the manuscript "The Tale of Igor's Campaign" ? A) Author unknown. B) Ermolai-Erasm. C) Epiphanius the Wise. D) Nestor the chronicler. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Author unknown. 4. Nikolai Gogol's famous novel is called A) Living Truth. B) Dead Souls. C) Rejuvenating Russia. D) Notes from the House of the Dead. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dead Souls. 5. The Slavophiles believed that A) Russians should take pride in their native traditions and way of life. B) Russia should be structured on models from the French Enlightenment. C) Further deaths of Russian peasants. D) Peter the Great's reforms should be expanded. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Russians should take pride in their native traditions and way of life. 6. What was the main problem in Rus' in the 11th-12th centuries? A) Princely feuds. B) Crop shortage. C) Lack of education of the people. D) Demographic crisis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Princely feuds. 7. Which famous scientist first opposed the Norman theory? A) M.V. Lomonosov. B) CM. Solovyov. C) G. Miller. D) G. Bayer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) M.V. Lomonosov. 8. A particularly well-known line of the main character in "The Overcoat" expresses what heartfelt sentiment? A) I am your brother. B) I am your cousin. C) I am your mother. D) I am a human being. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I am your brother. 9. What year does the event known as the "calling of the Varangians" refer to? A) 862. B) 882 g. C) 824. D) 988. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 862. 10. Which of the chronicles that have survived to our times is the oldest? A) The Tale of Bygone Years. B) A Word about Igor's Campaign. C) Song about the prophetic Oleg. D) Life of Alexander Nevsky. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Tale of Bygone Years. 11. In 1812, Russia was invaded by A) Varkhasya. B) Alexander II. C) Nicholas II. D) Napoleon and the French. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Napoleon and the French. 12. Who wrote "Eugene Onegin" A) Alexander Pushkin. B) Anton Chekhov. C) Lev Tolstoy. D) Fedor Dostoevsky. E) Nikolay Gogol. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alexander Pushkin. 13. Mussorgsky and Rimsky-Korsakov were members of the composer group known as A) The Bell-Ringers. B) The Streltsy. C) The Mighty Handful. D) The Heroides. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Mighty Handful. 14. Who wrote "Nose" A) Alexander Pushkin. B) Anton Chekhov. C) Lev Tolstoy. D) Fedor Dostoevsky. E) Nikolay Gogol. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Nikolay Gogol. 15. But that is the beginning of a new story-the story of the gradual renewal of a man, the story of his gradual regeneration, of his passing from one world into another, of his initiation into a new unknown life. That might be the subject of a new story, but our present story is ended. A) The Lower Depths by Gorky. B) Crime And Punishment by Dostoevskiy. C) The Awakening by Tolstoy. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Crime And Punishment by Dostoevskiy. 16. In Dostoevsky's "The Meek Woman, " the body of the meek woman lies close by the whole time the narrator is telling the story. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 17. To what century is it customary to date the beginning of ancient Russian literature? A) 10th century. B) 9th century. C) 12th century. D) 7th century. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 10th century. 18. What is the famous monument of ancient Russian literature "The Tale of Igor's Campaign" about? A) About the unsuccessful campaign of Prince Igor against the Polovtsians. B) About the struggle of Prince Igor with his brother Vsevolod for lands. C) About Prince Igor's campaign against the Khazar army. D) About the life and deeds of Prince Igor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) About the unsuccessful campaign of Prince Igor against the Polovtsians. 19. Who is the author of the poem "Eugene Onegin" ? A) Block A. B) A. Done. C) A. Akhmatova. D) A. Pushkin. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A. Pushkin. 20. The ballet Swan Lake was composed by A) Shostakovich. B) Tchaikovsky. C) Rimsky-Korsakov. D) Rubenstein. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tchaikovsky. Next →Related QuizzesRegions QuizzesRussian Literature Quiz 2Russian Literature Quiz 3 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books