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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To whom does the narrator read his poetry?
(a) Members of the literature society.
(b) His old nurse, visitors he can corner, and ducks.
(c) The muse that inspires it.
(d) His family and at public readings.

2. Which of the following best characterizes Eugene Onegin when he lived in the country?
(a) Idle and reclusive.
(b) Living in luxury and vindictive.
(c) Scheming and meddlesome.
(d) Cold and heartless.

3. In Moscow after being reunited with Tatyana, what does Eugene Onegin do?
(a) Falls hopelessly in love with her.
(b) Becomes wan and sickly.
(c) All of the above.
(d) He follows her around by day and dreams of her at night.

4. What does the narrator say about the letter that Tatyana writes?
(a) All of the above.
(b) It makes him ache inside.
(c) It is touching whimsy free of art.
(d) He reads it again and again.

5. What does Eugene Onegin think of the country?
(a) He pines for the grandeur of the city.
(b) He enjoys having an estate of his own to run.
(c) He feels at home and at peace.
(d) After two days he is bored with it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Eugene Onegin report after the dinner with the Larins?

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

3. What does the narrator communicate about his muse?

4. How successful is Tatyana with the conjuring to predict her future?

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

(see the answer key)

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