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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens between Eugene Onegin and Tatyana during her name day feast?
(a) He dances with her.
(b) He gives her a sympathetic look that reawakens her heart.
(c) He says rude things to keep her at a distance.
(d) He ignores her all evening.

2. What cycle does Pushkin write about at the end of Chapter 2?
(a) The seasons.
(b) Passion and coldness.
(c) None of the above.
(d) Life and death.

3. What problem does the narrator have in presenting Tatyana's writing to the reader?
(a) Her writings were dark and gloomy and unfitting for verse.
(b) She burned everything she wrote.
(c) She wrote her love letter in French.
(d) It is so personal he feels the need to protect her.

4. What was Eugene Onegin especially good at as a young man?
(a) Running the estate with his father.
(b) Seducing women.
(c) Hunting.
(d) Quoting the classics.

5. To whom does the narrator read his poetry?
(a) Members of the literature society.
(b) The muse that inspires it.
(c) His old nurse, visitors he can corner, and ducks.
(d) His family and at public readings.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Tatyana's mother decide they must go to Moscow?

2. How does Eugene Onegin respond to Vladimir Lensky's note the day after Tanya's name day celebration?

3. Where are Vladimir Lensky and Eugene Onegin seated at the dinner table?

4. What does Tatyana discover about her dream in the book on analyzing dreams?

5. How does Vladimir Lensky feel about Olga?

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