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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What vengeance does Eugene Onegin take on Vladimir Lensky at Tatyana's name day feast?
(a) He lets himself act irritable to cause discomfort to the hosts.
(b) He laughs at Vladimir's poetry.
(c) He says mean things to Olga.
(d) He flirts with Olga and monopolizes her on the dance floor.

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

3. What happens to interfere with the plans the new friends have made?
(a) His new friend is jailed for treason.
(b) They borrow too much money and are exiled.
(c) His father sends Eugene to the country.
(d) Eugene Onegin's father dies and he hands over the estate to creditors.

4. What problem does the narrator have in presenting Tatyana's writing to the reader?
(a) She burned everything she wrote.
(b) Her writings were dark and gloomy and unfitting for verse.
(c) She wrote her love letter in French.
(d) It is so personal he feels the need to protect her.

5. What topic of conversation does Vladimir Lensky constantly return to when talking with Eugene Onegin?
(a) The charms of country life.
(b) Olga's wit.
(c) The virtues of passion.
(d) Olga's beauty.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Eugene Onegin respond to Vladimir Lensky's note the day after Tanya's name day celebration?

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

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

5. What does Vladimir Lensky do for Tatyana's father after he passes away?

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