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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Eugene find when he reaches his uncle's estate in the country?
(a) That he lacks all his beloved comforts of home.
(b) That country girls are charming.
(c) That his father has sent all his books to him there.
(d) That his uncle has already died.

3. To whom does the narrator claim to devote this poem?
(a) Nobody.
(b) To the yet unforeseen muse of the future.
(c) His lost love.
(d) The feet of Terpsichore.

4. What is the estate like that Eugene Onegin inherited from his uncle?
(a) A tasteful old style place in beautiful countryside.
(b) Historical and in bad disrepair.
(c) A huge modern home representative of the uncles status.
(d) Extensive lands worked by hundreds of peasants.

5. How long has Vladimir Lensky known Olga?
(a) Vladimir Lensky met Olga in Europe.
(b) Vladimir Lensky was engaged to Olga from a baby but had never met her.
(c) Vladimir Lensky met Olga at one of the neighbors after returning from Europe.
(d) Vladimir Lensky and Olga grew up together because their parents were friends.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What brought Tatyana's mother relief from her sadness as she grew up?

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

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

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

(see the answer key)

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