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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What brought Tatyana's mother relief from her sadness as she grew up?
(a) A large and loving family.
(b) She met and married another man.
(c) Time passing and the role of housewife.
(d) None of the above.

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

3. Why does Vladimir Lensky want to meet Eugene Onegin?
(a) He has heard much about him from friends that knew Eugene.
(b) He thinks the new system of rent is revolutionary and genius.
(c) He wants advice seducing women.
(d) He gets tired of the provincial conversation of his neighbors.

4. What does Eugene Onegin think about as he travels to his ailing uncle's bedside?
(a) How much his uncle has done for him.
(b) He much he dislikes the country.
(c) How fleeting life is.
(d) How boring tending his uncle will be.

5. What was Eugene Onegin and Vladimir Lensky's favorite topic of discussion?
(a) Women.
(b) Men's passions.
(c) Plans to travel around Europe.
(d) Politics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Eugene find when he reaches his uncle's estate in the country?

2. What happens to interfere with the plans the new friends have made?

3. What does Vladimir Lensky write poetry about?

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

5. What can be said of Eugene Onegin's father?

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