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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Eugene Onegin think when he first sees Tatyana at a ball?
(a) He always knew she was meant for greater things.
(b) He must rescue her from her unhappiness.
(c) How could he not have seen her potential?
(d) Is it possible it's the same country girl?

3. What does the narrator think of Eugene's actions?
(a) He thinks Eugene was kind and showed a noble heart.
(b) None of the above.
(c) He thinks Eugene was hasty and thoughtless.
(d) He thinks Eugene gloried in his victory over Tatyana's heart.

4. What does Tatyana do at the end of the story as Eugene kneels before her?
(a) All the above.
(b) Deliver a sermon to him much like the one he delivered to her when she was young.
(c) Question his motives.
(d) Profess her continued love for him.

5. What action does Eugene Onegin decide to do when Tatyana remains cold to him in Moscow?
(a) Write a letter.
(b) Profess his love to her in person.
(c) Travel again to distract himself.
(d) Challenge the prince to a duel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the terrifying bear in Tatyana's dream do first?

2. What does the narrator mourn about Vladimir Lensky's premature death?

3. How does Vladimir Lensky feel about Olga?

4. How does Eugene come to feel about Vladimir Lensky?

5. What topic of conversation does Vladimir Lensky constantly return to when talking with Eugene Onegin?

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