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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Tatyana's parents meet?
(a) The were paired through an arranged marriage.
(b) They met and eloped when he was in the army.
(c) None of the above.
(d) They were both part of the fashionable Moscow crowd.

2. What do the new friends plan on doing together that never comes to pass?
(a) Marrying and raising kids.
(b) Rising to power.
(c) Winning lots of money.
(d) Traveling the world.

3. 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.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. Why does Vladimir Lensky want to meet Eugene Onegin?

5. What change came about Eugene Onegin as a young man?

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