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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Eugene Onegin especially good at as a young man?
(a) Running the estate with his father.
(b) Seducing women.
(c) Hunting.
(d) Quoting the classics.

2. Who calls on Eugene Onegin the morning after the name day celebration?
(a) Zaretsky.
(b) Tatyana.
(c) Vladimir Lensky.
(d) Olga.

3. What does the narrator take time from his story to praise?
(a) All of the above.
(b) Women's feet.
(c) The beauty of the countryside.
(d) Russian theater.

4. Which of the following personages best describes Onegin?
(a) A witty and eloquent dandy who dances well.
(b) A snobbish aristrocrat who manipulates people for his political advantage.
(c) A discontent who finds everthing beneath him.
(d) A well meaning but naive child of Russian aristocracy.

5. What advice does the narrator give to the reader about Russian balls?
(a) Be sure to look your best.
(b) Be careful which ones to go to as they define who you are.
(c) It is the best way to spend a long winter.
(d) Families should keep their daughters well in sight.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator see Eugene Onegin's inability to be moved by love?

2. On a typical day, the young Eugene Onegin would....

3. What caused Tatyana's mother great sadness in her youth?

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

5. What does the narrator say he will write a novel about?

(see the answer key)

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