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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Eugene Onegin do when Zaretsky demands he have a second for the duel?
(a) Laughs at him.
(b) Tries to name Lensky as his second.
(c) Names his man in waiting as his second.
(d) Tries to use this oversight as leverage to call off the duel.

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

3. Who is Zaretsky?
(a) Vladimir Lensky's guardian.
(b) A wise old man.
(c) Cheif gamber and trouble maker in town.
(d) An honorable citizen with a blameless past.

4. What cycle does Pushkin write about at the end of Chapter 2?
(a) The seasons.
(b) Passion and coldness.
(c) None of the above.
(d) Life and death.

5. How does Vladimir Lensky spend the night before the duel?
(a) Awake, writing poetry and thinking of Olga.
(b) Angrily accusing Eugene Onegin of all his misfortunes.
(c) Trying to think of a way out of the duel.
(d) Asleep.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens after Eugene Onegin is done responding to Tatyana's letter?

2. Which of the following does Eugene tell Tatyana in response to her letter?

3. What was Eugene Onegin especially good at as a young man?

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

5. Why does Eugene Onegin decide to go with Vladimir Lensky to dinner at the Larin household?

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