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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following characters were designed as literary foils for each other?
(a) Olga and her mother.
(b) Eugene Onegin and his neighbors.
(c) Tatyana's father and Eugene Onegin.
(d) Eugene Onegin and Vladimir Lensky.

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

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

4. When Eugene returns to the princes for dinner, and is left alone with Tatyana, what is their conversation like?
(a) He rekindles her love for him by recognizing her unhappiness beneath the mask.
(b) She is uncomfortable and emotional.
(c) She is at ease while he stares at her mutely.
(d) He asks her to forgive him for everything in their past.

5. What happens after the death of Tatyana's father?
(a) Tatyana and her family are plunged into poverty.
(b) Tatyana inherits the estate.
(c) His wife feels finally free.
(d) Everybody mourns him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first thing Eugene Onegin gives up as he becomes depressed?

2. After the name day celebration, who is the one at the Larin household who can not sleep?

3. Who is the narrator referring to when he says Tatyana is "relying on a tyrant's honour, you've now resigned to him your fate."

4. What does Eugene find when he reaches his uncle's estate in the country?

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

(see the answer key)

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