Eugene Onegin Quizzes

Eugene Onegin Quiz 1

1 What does the epigraph "O rus! (Horace) O Rus'!" refer to?
The Russian city

The Russian peasant

The Russian countryside

Onegin's rush
2 What was Onegin's manor like?
Filled with many servants

Modern

Right next to the Larin manor

Old
3 What is the primary reason Onegin scorned the company of his neighbors?
He thought their women were ugly

He liked to keep to himself

He thought they dressed poorly

He found their talk boring
4 What is the primary reason Lensky scorned the company of his neighbors?
He wanted to go back to Germany

He did not like people who don't like poetry

He liked to keep to himself

He did not want to marry yet
5 What did Onegin and Lensky NOT talk about?
Nordic lays

Tatyana

History

Love
6 What is Olga's flaw?
Her eyes are too small

She dreams too much

She reads too much

She is too conventional
7 What does Pushkin like Tatyana's name?
He likes the sound of it

Tatyana was the name the first occurred to him

He likes its meaning

His sister is named Tatyana
8 What did Tatyana do as a child?
Read

Embroidery

Play with dolls

Play with other children
9 Which culture was Tatyana's mother once obsessed with?
Spanish

French

English

German
10 What does Lensky do at Dmitry Larin's grave?
Read

Sleep

Sing

Write poetry
11 Why did Tatyana's mother condone her love of reading?
She was an avid reader

She was obsessed with an author

She was obsessed with a character

She didn't care what her daughter did
12 What does Pushkin talk about at the end of the chapter?
Love

The transience of all things

The death of youth

The meaninglessness of life
13 What happens to Tatyana's letter?
Onegin burns it

Onegin keeps it

Onegin loses it

It is lost in transit
14 Where does the novel end?
St. Petersburg

Moscow

Odessa

The Larin residence
15 What does Olga do after Lensky's death?
She marries a lancer

She dies

She marries a general

She refuses to marry
16 What does Tatyana notice in Onegin's books?
His photographs

His bookmarks

His marginalia

His hair
17 What was Onegin's reaction to Tatyana's letter?
He felt indifferent

He felt that she was not being sincere

He himself felt in love

He felt outraged
18 What distinguished Lensky from others who wrote poetry?
He had wider literary knowledge

He wrote provocatively

His style was superior

He wrote genuinely, truthfully
19 What was Zaretsky once known for?
A military victory

A successful book

A crime

Dueling
20 What did Lensky do the night before the duel?
He drank

He wrote a poem

He read Schiller

He practiced shooting
21 Where does the duel take place?
A field

A mill

Behind the Larin residence

A hill
22 What is Onegin's reaction to Lensky's death?
He is overjoyed

He is indifferent

He is satisfied

He is horrified
23 Whom does Tatyana marry?
A general

Lensky

A lancer

Onegin
24 Why does Tatyana go to Moscow?
Her mother wants to give her freedom

She wants to find Onegin

Her mother wants to marry her off

She is bored of the countryside
25 Where does Pushkin see Onegin reappear after his wanderings?
At a ball

By the river

In the street

In the countryside

Who does Pushkin compare Onegin to?

c. Napoleon

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What does the imagery in these lines show about tatyana

What lines are you referring to?

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How does Pushkin praise Russia throughout the novel?

In the novel, Pushkin illustrates the different cultures through his main characters, each of whom represents a certain European influence. Onegin is English due to his reading of Byron, Tatyana is French due to her love for French romance novels,...

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Eugene Onegin

by Alexander Pushkin

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