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Sent 1: Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin (/'pUSkIn/; Russian: Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin, tr.
Sent 2: Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin; IPA: [aljI'ksandr sjI'rgjejIvjItc 'puskjIn]; 6 June [O.S. 26 May] 1799 - 10 February [O.S. 29 January] 1837) was a Russian author of the Romantic era who is considered by many to be the greatest Russian poet and the founder of modern Russian literature.
Sent 3: Pushkin was born into Russian nobility in Moscow.
Sent 4: His matrilineal great grandfather was Abram Gannibal, who was brought over as a slave from what is now Cameroon.
Sent 5: Pushkin published his first poem at the age of fifteen, and was widely recognized by the literary establishment by the time of his graduation from the Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum.
Sent 6: While under the strict surveillance of the Tsar's political police and unable to publish, Pushkin wrote his most famous play, the drama Boris Godunov.
Sent 7: His novel in verse, Eugene Onegin, was serialized between 1825 and 1832.
Sent 8: Notoriously touchy about his honour, Pushkin fought as many as twenty-nine duels, and was fatally wounded in such an encounter with Georges-Charles de Heeckeren d'Anthes.
Sent 9: Pushkin had accused D'Anthes, a French officer serving with the Chevalier Guard Regiment of attempting to seduce the poet's wife, Natalya Pushkina.

Question: Did Abram Gannibal have a famous great grandson? (true/0)

Question: Was Pushkin's descendants always wealthy? (true/1)

Question: How many duels did Pushkin fight after the one he had with the man he accused of seducing Pushkin's wife? (false/2)

44
None, as he was fatally wounded in that duel
29
6

Question: How old was he when his novel in verse, Eugene Onegin, was serialized? (true/3)

Question: How can one say Pushkin was from a noble family but also was not? (true/4)

Born in a noble family but matrilineal descent is as slave
Pushkin was born into Russian nobility in Moscow
The founder of modern Russian literature
He was born into nobility but his maternal great-grandfather was a slave from Cameroon
Under the strict surveillance of the Tsar's political police
Great grandfather was Abram Gannibal was a slave

Question: At what age did Pushkin begin to serialize Eugene Onegin? (true/5)

15
29
He began to serialize it when he was 26 years old

Question: How old was Pushkin when Eugene Onegin began serialization? (true/6)

15
26
29

Question: Who did Pushkin kill to when fending off his wive's would be seducer? (true/7)

Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum
Georges-Charles de Heeckeren d'Anthes
Vowing

Question: How old was Pushkin the first year his novel, Eugene Onegin, was serialized? (true/8)

15
Twenty-six years of age
29
25

Question: When did Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin die? (false/9)

1837
1799
1873

Question: How and why did Georges-Charles de Heeckeren fatally wound Pushkin? (true/10)

For to seduce his wife
Notoriously not touchy about his honour
He killed him in a duel after being accused of seducing Pushkin's wife
Notoriously touchy about his honour
An encounter

Question: What year did Pushkin publish his first poem? (false/11)

Question: Pushkin had blood from which two countries? (true/12)

Russia
Cameroon

Question: Where did Pushkin live when he wrote his most famous play? (true/13)

Question: Which Russian noble is consider the founder of modern Russian literature? (false/14)

Moscow
Abram Gannibal
Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin
The Romantic era

Question: In what year did Pushkin most likely write his first published poem? (true/15)