Eugene Onegin Quizzes

Eugene Onegin Quiz 1

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

The Russian countryside

The Russian city

The Russian peasant

Onegin's rush
2 What was Onegin's manor like?

Modern

Old

Filled with many servants

Right next to the Larin manor
3 What is the primary reason Onegin scorned the company of his neighbors?

He thought their women were ugly

He found their talk boring

He liked to keep to himself

He thought they dressed poorly
4 What is the primary reason Lensky scorned the company of his neighbors?

He wanted to go back to Germany

He did not want to marry yet

He did not like people who don't like poetry

He liked to keep to himself
5 What did Onegin and Lensky NOT talk about?

Love

Nordic lays

Tatyana

History
6 What is Olga's flaw?

She is too conventional

She dreams too much

Her eyes are too small

She reads too much
7 What does Pushkin like Tatyana's name?

Tatyana was the name the first occurred to him

He likes its meaning

His sister is named Tatyana

He likes the sound of it
8 What did Tatyana do as a child?

Play with other children

Read

Embroidery

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

Spanish

English

French

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

Write poetry

Read

Sing

Sleep
11 Why did Tatyana's mother condone her love of reading?

She was an avid reader

She was obsessed with an author

She didn't care what her daughter did

She was obsessed with a character
12 What does Pushkin talk about at the end of the chapter?

The transience of all things

Love

The death of youth

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

Onegin loses it

It is lost in transit

Onegin keeps it

Onegin burns it
14 Where does the novel end?

Moscow

The Larin residence

St. Petersburg

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

She marries a general

She dies

She refuses to marry

She marries a lancer
16 What does Tatyana notice in Onegin's books?

His bookmarks

His marginalia

His hair

His photographs
17 What was Onegin's reaction to Tatyana's letter?

He felt outraged

He felt indifferent

He himself felt in love

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

His style was superior

He had wider literary knowledge

He wrote provocatively

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

A military victory

A crime

A successful book

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

He read Schiller

He wrote a poem

He practiced shooting

He drank
21 Where does the duel take place?

A mill

Behind the Larin residence

A hill

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

He is satisfied

He is indifferent

He is horrified

He is overjoyed
23 Whom does Tatyana marry?

Lensky

Onegin

A lancer

A general
24 Why does Tatyana go to Moscow?

She wants to find Onegin

Her mother wants to give her freedom

She is bored of the countryside

Her mother wants to marry her off
25 Where does Pushkin see Onegin reappear after his wanderings?

By the river

In the street

In the countryside

At a ball

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