1) What event had happened before the others? a) the opening of the monument to Evgeny Ivanovich Nosov b) the complete destruction by fire of the building of the Kursk City Theatre c) the death of Evgeny Nosov d) the opening of the monument to Vyacheslav Klykov 2) … won the competition “for the best design proposal of an ideological, functional,architectural and artistic solution of the monument to Nosov and the organization of the park”. a) A famous traveller Fyodor Konyukhov b) An artist Peter Konstantinovich Likhin c) The team of architect Karl Hoffman d) The author’s team led by local sculptor Vladimir Bartenev 3) Before the Great Patriotic War, the A.A. Deineka Art Gallery was located in the Sergiev-Kazan Cathedral. a) True b) False 4) Which of these famous people was born in Kursk? a) K.S. Malevich b) A.G. Lomakin c) B.Y. Dezhkin d) A.P. Borodin 5) The characters of which cartoon were created by the Soviet animator Boris Petrovich Dezhkin? a) Winnie-the-Pooh b) Football stars c) Babe and Carlson d) The Bremen town musicians 6) For how many years did the territory of the Kursk region become dependent on the Mongol-Tatars at the end of the 13th century? a) 118 b) 117 c) 120 d) 119 7) Why does the Seim River have such a name? a) Because it originates in the village of Seim b) Because the name of the governor of the Kursk region in the 16th century was Seim c) Because “Seim” is the name of a rare species of beaver living in the river d) Because the Seim river was formed from seven small rivers 8) What was the name of the painting by the artist Ilya Repin dedicated to the Kursk Korenskaya Fair? a) “Shopping malls” b) “Bless or cure” c) “Kuryans at the fair” d) "The Procession in the Kursk province" 9) Who is on watch at Post 1 of the memorial complex "In Memory of the fallen in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945"? a) Kursk State Medical University students b) Retired soldiers c) Schoolchildren and students of special schools d) Conscripted men aged 18-25 years 10) Why did the Kurians quickly believe Grigory Otrepyev's statements that he was the surviving Tsarevich Dmitry? a) He skillfully convinced the population b) He had an external resemblance to Tsarevich Dmitry c) He showed the Kuryans the ID card of Tsarevich Dmitry d) He put the inhabitants of the city into hypnosis, and they believed him 11) What active entertainments were there in Kursk in the past? a) divine services and performances b) wrestling and fist fight c) karting d) theater and cinema 12) One of the most famous fortress theaters is...? a) Baryatino b) Marino c) October d) Marinino 13) What was the Znamensky Cathedral temporarily rebuilt into? a) into the theater "Octyabrskaya" b) into the cinema " Octyabrskaya " c) into the cinema "Septyabrskaya" d) it has not been rebuilt 14) What kind of entertainment related to animals is there in Kursk nowadays? a) zoo b) racetrack c) circus d) ostrich farm and racetrack 15) An intellectual entertainment for most people in Kursk in the past was ...? a) quizzes b) dice game c) chess d) feasts 16) What three talents were given to the nun Misaila by the Mother of God? a) Perspicacity, reasoning, silent prayer b) Clairvoyance, healing, silent prayer c) Insight, reasoning, healing d) Clairvoyance, reasoning, healing 17) Who is St. Sergius-Kazan Cathedral associated with? a) Feodosiy Pechorsky b) St. Nicholas c) Sergius of Radonezh d) Seraphim of Sarov 18) In place of which icon did the holy spring appear? a) The Root Icon of the Mother of God b) Cathedral of Kursk Saints c) The Mother of God of the Trinity d) Assumption of the Mother of God 19) What century was the first Catholic Church established in Kursk? a) 18 b) 19 c) 20 d) 21 20) Why is the Znamensky Cathedral different from the rest of the Kursk temples? a) It was rebuilt many times b) It was established later than all c) It was built by Moscow architects d) It was originally built as a museum

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