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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Eugene Onegin do that angered his new neighbors in the countryside?
(a) All of the above.
(b) He institutes rent instead of unpaid labor from the peasants.
(c) He does not address them with sufficient respect.
(d) He rides away whenever they come visit.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Vladimir Lensky adore most about Olga?

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

3. Which of the following personages best describes Onegin?

4. What does Vladimir Lensky write poetry about?

5. What does the narrator take time from his story to praise?

(see the answer key)

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