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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Vladimir Lensky want to meet Eugene Onegin?
(a) He has heard much about him from friends that knew Eugene.
(b) He thinks the new system of rent is revolutionary and genius.
(c) He gets tired of the provincial conversation of his neighbors.
(d) He wants advice seducing women.

2. How did Tatyana's parents meet?
(a) They were both part of the fashionable Moscow crowd.
(b) None of the above.
(c) They met and eloped when he was in the army.
(d) The were paired through an arranged marriage.

3. How does Vladimir Lensky spend the night before the duel?
(a) Angrily accusing Eugene Onegin of all his misfortunes.
(b) Awake, writing poetry and thinking of Olga.
(c) Asleep.
(d) Trying to think of a way out of the duel.

4. How does Eugene Onegin spend his time before the duel?
(a) Cursing himself to have let the situation come to this.
(b) Trying to write a letter to Vladimir.
(c) Drinking.
(d) Asleep.

5. What does the note from Vladimir Lensky to Eugene Onegin the day after the name day celebration contain?
(a) A challenge to a duel.
(b) A tirade about Eugene's betrayal.
(c) A chastisement of his behavior.
(d) A poem about Olga's faithlessness.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Eugene feel about the arrangement with Vladimir when he has time to reflect?

2. Who is Tatyana?

3. What was Tatyana most fond of growing up?

4. What does the narrator mourn about Vladimir Lensky's premature death?

5. What does Vladimir Lensky write poetry about?

(see the answer key)

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