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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) Study until late.
(b) Fight with his father as his father became drunk.
(c) Make a brief appearance at a ballet to look for women to seduce.
(d) Gather with friends and fellow land owners.

2. Which of the following set of characters was developed as a literary foil for each other?
(a) Tatyana and Vladimir Lensky.
(b) Olga and Tatyana.
(c) Eugene Onegin and Olga.
(d) Olga and Vladimir Lensky.

3. What was Eugene Onegin especially good at as a young man?
(a) Hunting.
(b) Running the estate with his father.
(c) Seducing women.
(d) Quoting the classics.

4. What does Vladimir Lensky do for Tatyana's father after he passes away?
(a) Vladimir Lenskey takes over running the Larin estate.
(b) None of the above.
(c) Vladimir Lensky writes a poem for him and his own parents.
(d) Vladimir Lensky vows to marry one of his daughters.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the estate like that Eugene Onegin inherited from his uncle?

3. Which of the following best describes Tatyana?

4. What happens after the death of Tatyana's father?

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

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