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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. What is likely to have happened after the name day celebration had Zaretsky not intervened?

2. How does Tatyana spend the summer before she travels to Moscow?

3. How did Lensky fall during the duel?

4. Who fires first in the duel between Onegin and Lensky?

5. What does the wax in the water basin predict for Tatyana?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Tatyana feel about the local superstitions? What do they do for her?

2. How does the interactions between Eugene Onegin and Olga end at the name day celebration. What does Tatyana think?

3. Describe the character Zaretsky.

4. What is Vladimir's experience when he visits Olga the day after the name day celebration?

5. How does Eugene Onegin agree to come to Tatyana's name day celebration?

6. What does Eugene Onegin do after it is clear his letters make Tatyana angry? How are the two of them brought together again for their final conversation?

7. How does Tatyana feel about the prospect of going to Moscow?

8. How does Eugene Onegin feel about the duel after he has accepted the challenge?

9. Why is Eugene Onegin angry at Vladimir Lensky at the name day celebration?

10. How does Vladimir Lensky spend the night before the duel?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The novel EUGENE ONEGIN has a theme of cycles that keeps coming up. Using passages from the book, discuss Pushkin's theme of cycles for each of the following topics.

Part 1. Generations

Part 2. Seasons

Part 3. Life and Death

Part 4. Passion

Essay Topic 2

Pushkin lived through a very interesting time in Russian history. Write an essay about the early 1800s in Russia, and the time that he lived in and the novel EUGENE ONEGIN took place in.

Part 1. What was the political situation of Russia in the early 1800s?

Part 2. How did the political climate affect Pushkin?

Essay Topic 3

Eugene's rejection of Tatyana in the garden was complex and it's consequences manifold. Write an essay about this pivotal interaction.

Part 1. Although Eugene was being honest to Tatyana, was he also being a coward? Did he miss his chance for salvation?

Part 2. Was Eugene correct in his foretelling of what their married life would be like? Could things have been different?

Part 3. In the end of the novel Tatyana admits she is unhappy in her position and still loves Eugene. Was his rejection of her in the garden ultimately to her benefit despite this?

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