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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does Eugene tell Tatyana in response to her letter?

2. Who does the narrator say is the best person to depend on for love and trust?

3. Why does Tatyana send the nurse away at night?

4. What does Vladimir Lensky write poetry about?

5. What does the narrator think of Eugene's actions?

Short Essay Questions

1. What response does Eugene Onegin give Tatyana?

2. What is Eugene doing when the novel opens? How does he feel about it?

3. How does the narrator feel about women's feet and what does he say about them?

4. Even while Tatyana is recovering from her rejection, how are Olga and Vladimir doing?

5. How is Tatyana after being rejected by Eugene Onegin?

6. What chastisement does Eugene Onegin give Tatyana at the end of his response to her letter?

7. Describe Vladimir Lensky.

8. What do Vladimir Lensky and Eugne Onegin discuss? What is their favorite topic?

9. Describe the character of Eugene Onegin.

10. How does Eugene Onegin respond when Vladimir Lensky invites him to come with him to Tatyana's name day celebration? What changes his mind?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Pushkin creates several literary foils for his main characters in the novel EUGENE ONEGIN. Discuss those foils and what they show us.

Part 1. Vladimir as a literary foil for Eugene.

Part 2. Olga as a literary foil for Tatyana.

Part 3. Onegin and Tatyana as literary foils for each other.

Essay Topic 2

The narrator, who often refers to himself as the poet, plays with poetry throughout his own poem. Discuss the following topics, or any others, of Pushkins humorous and playful treatment of poetry throughout his poem.

Part 1. Vladimir is a poet but Eugene cannot write poetry.

Part 2. Vladimir writes insipid poetry the narrator is not fond of.

Part 3. The narrator is reduced to reading his poetry to ducks and scares them away when he does so.

Part 4. In his despair at the end of the story, Eugene nearly resorts to poetry.

Essay Topic 3

When Tatyana and Eugene reunite in Moscow at the end of the story, their positions are very different. Discuss Eugene and Tatyana at the end of the story.

Part 1. Have Tatyana and Eugene changed by the end of the book? How?

Part 2. What are the dynamics between Tatyana and Eugene in Moscow?

Part 3. Why is Tatyana attractive to Eugene now? Does he really care for her or merely want what he can't have?

Part 4. How are Tatyana and Eugene still the same as they were in the country?

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