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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. On a typical day, the young Eugene Onegin would....
(a) Fight with his father as his father became drunk.
(b) Gather with friends and fellow land owners.
(c) Study until late.
(d) Make a brief appearance at a ballet to look for women to seduce.

3. What does the nurse think of Tatyana when she sees her distracted and distraught?
(a) That she must be ill.
(b) That she is worried for father's health.
(c) That she has read too many romance novels.
(d) That she loves the neighbor's son.

4. What does Eugene Onegin think about as he travels to his ailing uncle's bedside?
(a) He much he dislikes the country.
(b) How boring tending his uncle will be.
(c) How much his uncle has done for him.
(d) How fleeting life is.

5. Why does Tatyana send the nurse away at night?
(a) None of the above.
(b) The old woman's stories are dull.
(c) She has decided to write a letter.
(d) She needs to rest quietly.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Eugene Onegin try to do to alleviate his depression? What is the result?

2. What do the new friends plan on doing together that never comes to pass?

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

4. What verdict did the neighbor's scrutiny have when it turned to Vladimir Lensky?

5. What is the estate like that Eugene Onegin inherited from his uncle?

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