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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the first thing Eugene Onegin gives up as he becomes depressed?
(a) Women.
(b) Prospects of running the estate.
(c) Hunting.
(d) His title.

2. On a typical day, the young Eugene Onegin would....
(a) Gather with friends and fellow land owners.
(b) Study until late.
(c) Make a brief appearance at a ballet to look for women to seduce.
(d) Fight with his father as his father became drunk.

3. 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.

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

5. Why does Tatyana send the nurse away at night?
(a) She needs to rest quietly.
(b) The old woman's stories are dull.
(c) She has decided to write a letter.
(d) None of the above.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the nurse think of Tatyana when she sees her distracted and distraught?

2. What was Eugene Onegin and Vladimir Lensky's favorite topic of discussion?

3. Who is Tatyana?

4. On a typical day, the young Eugene Onegin would....

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

(see the answer key)

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