Eugene Onegin Quizzes

Eugene Onegin Quiz 1

1 What does the epigraph "O rus! (Horace) O Rus'!" refer to?
Onegin's rush

The Russian city

The Russian countryside

The Russian peasant
2 What was Onegin's manor like?
Right next to the Larin manor

Old

Filled with many servants

Modern
3 What is the primary reason Onegin scorned the company of his neighbors?
He thought they dressed poorly

He thought their women were ugly

He liked to keep to himself

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 liked to keep to himself

He did not want to marry yet

He did not like people who don't like poetry
5 What did Onegin and Lensky NOT talk about?
Tatyana

Love

History

Nordic lays
6 What is Olga's flaw?
She reads too much

Her eyes are too small

She dreams too much

She is too conventional
7 What does Pushkin like Tatyana's name?
His sister is named Tatyana

He likes the sound of it

He likes its meaning

Tatyana was the name the first occurred to him
8 What did Tatyana do as a child?
Embroidery

Read

Play with other children

Play with dolls
9 Which culture was Tatyana's mother once obsessed with?
German

English

Spanish

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

Write poetry

Sleep

Sing
11 Why did Tatyana's mother condone her love of reading?
She was obsessed with a character

She didn't care what her daughter did

She was obsessed with an author

She was an avid reader
12 What does Pushkin talk about at the end of the chapter?
The meaninglessness of life

The transience of all things

The death of youth

Love
13 What happens to Tatyana's letter?
Onegin keeps it

Onegin burns it

It is lost in transit

Onegin loses it
14 Where does the novel end?
St. Petersburg

The Larin residence

Moscow

Odessa
15 What does Olga do after Lensky's death?
She dies

She marries a lancer

She refuses to marry

She marries a general
16 What does Tatyana notice in Onegin's books?
His photographs

His marginalia

His bookmarks

His hair
17 What was Onegin's reaction to Tatyana's letter?
He himself felt in love

He felt indifferent

He felt outraged

He felt that she was not being sincere
18 What distinguished Lensky from others who wrote poetry?
He wrote provocatively

He had wider literary knowledge

He wrote genuinely, truthfully

His style was superior
19 What was Zaretsky once known for?
A military victory

Dueling

A crime

A successful book
20 What did Lensky do the night before the duel?
He practiced shooting

He read Schiller

He wrote a poem

He drank
21 Where does the duel take place?
A hill

Behind the Larin residence

A mill

A field
22 What is Onegin's reaction to Lensky's death?
He is indifferent

He is satisfied

He is overjoyed

He is horrified
23 Whom does Tatyana marry?
A lancer

Onegin

A general

Lensky
24 Why does Tatyana go to Moscow?
She is bored of the countryside

She wants to find Onegin

Her mother wants to marry her off

Her mother wants to give her freedom
25 Where does Pushkin see Onegin reappear after his wanderings?
By the river

In the street

In the countryside

At a ball

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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