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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator say of the literature of his time?
(a) That it used to be about honesty and virtue.
(b) All of the above.
(c) It makes vice attractive.
(d) It worships vampires.

2. How long has Vladimir Lensky known Olga?
(a) Vladimir Lensky and Olga grew up together because their parents were friends.
(b) Vladimir Lensky met Olga in Europe.
(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.

3. What does the narrator say he will write a novel about?
(a) A story of gory passions.
(b) A true story of heroism.
(c) A romance to make Tatyana blush.
(d) An old fashioned tale of love and family life.

4. Between Tatyana and Olga, what does the narrator make clear?
(a) Tatyana as his clear favorite.
(b) Olga, and not Tatyana, as being like her mother.
(c) Tatyana and Olga as opposites.
(d) All of the above.

5. 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 tries to write, but cannot.
(c) He proposes to a girl, but she rejects him.
(d) He wants to travel, but his father won't let him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following set of characters was developed as a literary foil for each other?

2. To whom does the narrator claim to devote this poem?

3. What does Eugene Onegin think about as he travels to his ailing uncle's bedside?

4. What does the narrator say of Tatyana?

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

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