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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens after Eugene Onegin is done responding to Tatyana's letter?
(a) He offers her his arm and they return to the house.
(b) She bursts into tears and runs away.
(c) None of the above.
(d) He turns and coldly marches off, leaving her alone in the garden.

2. What caused Tatyana's mother great sadness in her youth?
(a) Her true love died in battle.
(b) She was separated from the man she loved to marry Tatyana's father.
(c) Her family disowned her when she eloped with her husband.
(d) Her parents died when she was very young.

3. Which of the following personages best describes Onegin?
(a) A witty and eloquent dandy who dances well.
(b) A well meaning but naive child of Russian aristocracy.
(c) A discontent who finds everthing beneath him.
(d) A snobbish aristrocrat who manipulates people for his political advantage.

4. Which of the following does Eugene tell Tatyana in response to her letter?
(a) He is already sworn to another.
(b) If he were inclined to marry, she would be his choice.
(c) None of the above.
(d) He does not love her.

5. How does Eugene spend his summer after rejecting Tatyana?
(a) Thinking of Tatyana.
(b) In isolation mindlessly occupied with trivial pleasures.
(c) Trying to make peace with the neighbors.
(d) In the city avoiding the country community.

6. Which of the following does Eugene tell Tatyana in response to her letter?
(a) She will move on to another quickly.
(b) His tender love must be as that of a brother.
(c) All of the above.
(d) She should learn restraint or others will hurt her.

7. Who is Tatyana?
(a) A serving girl in the Larin household.
(b) A distant cousin living in the Larin household.
(c) Olga's older sister.
(d) Olga's best friend.

8. What does the narrator confess to once having spent his last money on?
(a) Traveling to see a girl.
(b) Good champagne.
(c) Entertainment in winter.
(d) A trip to Moscow.

9. Which of the following best describes Tatyana?
(a) Friendly and loving.
(b) Cold and distant.
(c) Dark and moody.
(d) Pensive and withdrawn.

10. What can be said of Onegin's education?
(a) He was never exposed to great minds and so lacked inspiration.
(b) It offered him an escape from his life through classic literature.
(c) It was just enough for him to pass as well educated.
(d) It was a rigorous regime inflicted on Onegin since he was small.

11. What does the narrator say of the literature of his time?
(a) All of the above.
(b) It makes vice attractive.
(c) It worships vampires.
(d) That it used to be about honesty and virtue.

12. What does Tatyana say in her letter to Eugene Onegin?
(a) She would have kept her love secret if she knew she would occasionally see him
(b) She shrinks with shame and fear.
(c) She wishes he had never come to the country.
(d) All of the above.

13. Which of the following best characterizes the presence of the narrator in the story EUGENE ONEGIN?
(a) Present and convivial.
(b) Pivotal and active.
(c) Distant and preachy.
(d) Cold and distraught.

14. Which of the following best describes Vladimir Lensky?
(a) A foreign womanizer.
(b) Completely absorbed by German writers.
(c) An impassioned youth with an open heart.
(d) A lazy and impotent dreamer.

15. What do Eugene Onegin and his new friend do together to alleviate their depression?
(a) Gamble.
(b) Dream of power.
(c) Fall in love.
(d) Hang out near the Neva river and talk.

Short Answer Questions

1. What could be found in Eugene Onegin's private rooms?

2. On a typical day, the young Eugene Onegin would....

3. What does Eugene Onegin think of the country?

4. What change came about Eugene Onegin as a young man?

5. What does the narrator say about cold and distant women?

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