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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following best describes Tatyana?
(a) Dark and moody.
(b) Pensive and withdrawn.
(c) Cold and distant.
(d) Friendly and loving.

2. What does Eugene Onegin try to do to alleviate his depression? What is the result?
(a) He wants to travel, but his father won't let him.
(b) He proposes to a girl, but she rejects him.
(c) He tries to write, but cannot.
(d) He tries to borrow money, but is denied.

3. How long has Vladimir Lensky known Olga?
(a) Vladimir Lensky met Olga in Europe.
(b) Vladimir Lensky met Olga at one of the neighbors after returning from Europe.
(c) Vladimir Lensky and Olga grew up together because their parents were friends.
(d) Vladimir Lensky was engaged to Olga from a baby but had never met her.

4. What could be found in Eugene Onegin's private rooms?
(a) All the latest tools for hygiene and fashion from Paris and London.
(b) Nothing, the rooms were spartan and bare and contained little more than a bed, desk, and armoir.
(c) A library of significant classic literature.
(d) A large collection of taxidermied animals.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Tatyana most fond of growing up?

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

3. What advice does the narrator give to the reader about Russian balls?

4. Between Tatyana and Olga, what does the narrator make clear?

5. Which of the following best describes Vladimir Lensky?

(see the answer key)

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