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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Vladimir Lensky feel about Olga?
(a) He finds her bossy and brazen.
(b) He is timid around her and nervous.
(c) He finds her boring.
(d) He loves her passionately.

2. What is the estate like that Eugene Onegin inherited from his uncle?
(a) A huge modern home representative of the uncles status.
(b) A tasteful old style place in beautiful countryside.
(c) Extensive lands worked by hundreds of peasants.
(d) Historical and in bad disrepair.

3. What verdict did the neighbor's scrutiny have when it turned to Vladimir Lensky?
(a) He would be a good match for their daughters.
(b) None of the above.
(c) He had returned from abroad too foreign.
(d) He was as eccentric as Eugene Onegin.

4. How does Eugene come to feel about Vladimir Lensky?
(a) Eugene comes to hate Lensky for being happy.
(b) Eugene finds him trite and repetitive.
(c) Eugene adores and respects him.
(d) Lensky's passion depresses Eugene.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is the first thing Eugene Onegin gives up as he becomes depressed?

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

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

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