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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What change came about Eugene Onegin as a young man?
(a) He grew apart from his father.
(b) He felt the need to marry.
(c) He became addicted to gambling.
(d) He grew bored with his social routine.

3. What happens after the death of Tatyana's father?
(a) Everybody mourns him.
(b) His wife feels finally free.
(c) Tatyana and her family are plunged into poverty.
(d) Tatyana inherits the estate.

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

5. What does the narrator say about the letter that Tatyana writes?
(a) It is touching whimsy free of art.
(b) It makes him ache inside.
(c) He reads it again and again.
(d) All of the above.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following best characterizes the presence of the narrator in the story EUGENE ONEGIN?

2. How does Tatyana imagine herself and Eugene Onegin?

3. What cycle does Pushkin write about at the end of Chapter 2?

4. What does the narrator want with the author of THE FEASTS?

5. What does the narrator say about cold and distant women?

(see the answer key)

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