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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On a typical day, the young Eugene Onegin would....
(a) Have a gourmet dinner with another well known man about town.
(b) Eat grouse he had shot that day.
(c) Take dinner with his father.
(d) Spend the dinner hour with the influential people of the time.

2. Who does Eugene Onegin befriend while he is depressed?
(a) His uncle.
(b) Tatyana.
(c) The narrator.
(d) A wealthy Frenchman.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What caused Tatyana's mother great sadness in her youth?

2. How does Eugene come to feel about Vladimir Lensky?

3. Which of the following best describes Vladimir Lensky?

4. What did Eugene Onegin do that angered his new neighbors in the countryside?

5. What reason does the narrator give for detailing how differently he and Eugene Onegin feel about the country?

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