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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Vladimir Lensky write poetry about?
(a) Love.
(b) The injustice of the political system.
(c) Death.
(d) The power of thought.

2. What does Eugene Onegin think about as he travels to his ailing uncle's bedside?
(a) He much he dislikes the country.
(b) How boring tending his uncle will be.
(c) How fleeting life is.
(d) How much his uncle has done for him.

3. What does the narrator say he will write a novel about?
(a) A romance to make Tatyana blush.
(b) An old fashioned tale of love and family life.
(c) A story of gory passions.
(d) A true story of heroism.

4. What does Eugene Onegin think of the country?
(a) He pines for the grandeur of the city.
(b) After two days he is bored with it.
(c) He enjoys having an estate of his own to run.
(d) He feels at home and at peace.

5. What do the neighbors say after Eugene had dinner at the Larin estate?
(a) That the Larins had betrayed the community.
(b) That perhaps he wasn't so bad after all.
(c) None of the above.
(d) That he and Tatyana are engaged.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Vladimir Lensky leave the company of Eugene Onegin each evening once their friendship is established?

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

3. How does Tatyana imagine herself and Eugene Onegin?

4. Which of the following best characterizes the presence of the narrator in the story EUGENE ONEGIN?

5. What do the new friends plan on doing together that never comes to pass?

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