Pushkin’ Lyceum

1. Pushkin’ Lyceum

2. Wordlist

Ancient
Appear
Belief
Bless
educational institution
get acquainted
Lyceum
Light
Protector
Suburb
temple

3.

Among the gardens and parks of the town Pushkin we can see a
light coloured building of the lyceum. Before 1918 Pushkin was called
Tsarskoe Selo. At the beginning of the 19-th century the great
Russian poet and writer Alexander Pushkin studied there. Derzhavin
blessed his first steps in poetry. At Tsarskoe Selo Alexander Pushkin
got acquainted with historian Karamsin, poets Zhukovsky, Batushkov,
Vyazemsky and philosopher Chaadaev.
The name of an educational institution – “lyceum” appeared in
ancient times. One of the suburbs of the Greek town Athens was
called Lykeion.
The temple of Apollo was there. According to the belief of ancient
people, Apollo was the God of the Sun, the protector of poetry, music
and art. The greatest philosopher Aristotel taught there.
The lyceum in Tsarskoe Selo was a symbol of the great traditions of
the ancient school.

4. Quiz

1. Where was Lyceum situated?
a) Petersburg b) Pushkin c) Tsarskoe selo
2. When did Pushkin study in Lyceum?
a) 1811-1817 b) 1880-1890 c) 1905-1911
3.Who blessed Pushkin’s first steps in poetry?
a) Zhukovsky b) Karamzin c) Derzhavin

5. 4. Where the name ‘lyceum’ appeared from? a) Rome b) Greece c) Russia 5. Who taught lyceum’s students in ancient time? a)

Appolo
b) Aristotel
c) Socrat
6. What subject was Pushkin good at?
a) maths
b) history c) literature

6. 7. What language did not students study in lyceum? a) English b) German c) French 8. When did the students of the lyceum get up

in the morning?
a) at 6 a.m b) at 7a.m c) at 7.30 a.m
9 . When did the students of the lyceum go to bed?
a) 9 p.m b) 10 p.m c) 11 p.m
10.How many hours per week did the students have French
language?
a) 5 hrs b) 6 hrs c) 8 hrs

7. Keys

1. c) Tsarskoe selo
2. a) 1811-1817
3. c) Derzhavin
4. b) Greece
5. b) Aristotel
6. c) literature
7. a) English
8 a) at 6 a.m
9. a) at 6 a.m
10. c) 8 hrs