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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Eugene Onegin and his new friend do together to alleviate their depression?
(a) Fall in love.
(b) Dream of power.
(c) Gamble.
(d) Hang out near the Neva river and talk.

2. What does the nurse think of Tatyana when she sees her distracted and distraught?
(a) That she loves the neighbor's son.
(b) That she must be ill.
(c) That she is worried for father's health.
(d) That she has read too many romance novels.

3. How does Eugene come to feel about Vladimir Lensky?
(a) Eugene finds him trite and repetitive.
(b) Eugene comes to hate Lensky for being happy.
(c) Lensky's passion depresses Eugene.
(d) Eugene adores and respects him.

4. Which of the following personages best describes Onegin?
(a) A witty and eloquent dandy who dances well.
(b) A snobbish aristrocrat who manipulates people for his political advantage.
(c) A discontent who finds everthing beneath him.
(d) A well meaning but naive child of Russian aristocracy.

5. Which of the following does Eugene tell Tatyana in response to her letter?
(a) He is not worthy of her virtues.
(b) He would cease to love her with time.
(c) He would be an angry, sullen, coldly jealous husband.
(d) All of the above.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Eugene find when he reaches his uncle's estate in the country?

2. What does the narrator say about cold and distant women?

3. What does the wax in the water basin predict for Tatyana?

4. What topic of conversation does Vladimir Lensky constantly return to when talking with Eugene Onegin?

5. What brought Tatyana's mother relief from her sadness as she grew up?

(see the answer key)

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