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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Eugene feel about the arrangement with Vladimir when he has time to reflect?
(a) He is angry at Vladimir that it has come to this.
(b) None of the above.
(c) He is fed up with the whole affair and contemplates leaving town.
(d) He regrets the role he played but thinks it is too late to change.

2. How does Tatyana fare in society in Moscow?
(a) She attracts the attention of a powerful general.
(b) She misses her home in the country.
(c) She finds people trite, shallow, and dull.
(d) All of the above.

3. Who is the leader of the monsters in the house in Tatyana's dream?
(a) Her father.
(b) The bear.
(c) Eugene Onegin.
(d) Tatyana.

4. In her dream, when Tatyana wakes up in a house, where is she?
(a) She is lying in the hallway and can the clink of glass in in a neighboring room.
(b) None of the above.
(c) She is standing in front of a crowd waiting for her to sing.
(d) She is in the master bed dressed in a long gown.

5. When do Eugene Onegin and Vladimir Lensky arrive at Tatyana's name day celebration?
(a) Partway through dinner.
(b) Just before the dancing starts.
(c) Before any other guests arrive.
(d) Just as Tatyana is sitting for her portrait.

6. Who notices the distress Tatyana feels at seeing Eugene Onegin again?
(a) Everyone around her.
(b) Nobody.
(c) Only Eugene.
(d) Olga and Lensky.

7. When do Vladimir Lensky and Eugene Onegin arrive at their dueling place?
(a) When Vladimir arrives at dawn Eugene is already there.
(b) They both arrive promptly at dawn.
(c) They both arrive quite late.
(d) Vladimir arrives promptly at dawn and Eugene is very late.

8. When Tatyana flees from him, what does the bear in her dream do?
(a) Fall into the raging river.
(b) Follows at her heels.
(c) Turn into Eugene Onegin.
(d) Continually reappear in front of her.

9. Who is Zaretsky?
(a) A wise old man.
(b) Vladimir Lensky's guardian.
(c) An honorable citizen with a blameless past.
(d) Cheif gamber and trouble maker in town.

10. Which of the following comparisons can be made according to the story Eugene Onegin?
(a) Winter is the time that Eugene is most driven out among people, yet it is the time Tatyana most withdraws.
(b) Eugene loves country summers while Tatyana loves country winters.
(c) While Eugene can find no meaning in the world, Tatyana finds meaning in everything around her.
(d) While Eugene does not read the classics by choice, Tatyana does not by circumstance.

11. How does the fight in Tatyana's dream between Eugene Onegin and Vladimir Lensky end?
(a) Onegin and Lensky kill each other.
(b) The bear returns and scares them all away and out of the hourse.
(c) Lensky rallies the monsters and they drive Onegin out.
(d) Onegin stabs Lensky with a knife.

12. In Tatyana's dream, what starts the fight between Eugene Onegin and Vladimir Lensky?
(a) None of the above.
(b) They are fighting for leadership of the monsters.
(c) They are fighting over Olga.
(d) The intrusion of Vladimir and Olga into the room when Eugene wants to be alone with Tatyana.

13. Where do Tatyana and her mother stay when they arrive in Moscow?
(a) At the home of an old aunt.
(b) At the home of Tatyana's father's wealthy relatives.
(c) At a fashionable house they rented downtown.
(d) In a hotel by the river.

14. After the name day celebration, who is the one at the Larin household who can not sleep?
(a) Vladimir Lensky.
(b) Eugene Onegin.
(c) Olga.
(d) Tatyana.

15. What happens between Eugene Onegin and Tatyana during her name day feast?
(a) He says rude things to keep her at a distance.
(b) He dances with her.
(c) He gives her a sympathetic look that reawakens her heart.
(d) He ignores her all evening.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following best characterizes Eugene Onegin when he lived in the country?

2. What does the narrator communicate about his muse?

3. Where are Vladimir Lensky and Eugene Onegin seated at the dinner table?

4. What action does Eugene Onegin decide to do when Tatyana remains cold to him in Moscow?

5. What possible futures does the narrator entertain that Vladimir Lensky might have had?

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