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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 best describes Tatyana?
(a) Cold and distant.
(b) Pensive and withdrawn.
(c) Dark and moody.
(d) Friendly and loving.

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

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

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

5. On a typical day, the young Eugene Onegin would....
(a) Retire to bed early.
(b) Preen himself for hours in front of a mirror and go to several parties and balls.
(c) Get very drunk.
(d) Compose a short poem before bed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Eugene Onegin think of the country?

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

3. What happens to interfere with the plans the new friends have made?

4. What happens after the death of Tatyana's father?

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

(see the answer key)

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