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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After Tatyana's disappointment, how are Vladimir Lensky and Olga doing?
(a) Vladimir and Olga spend all their time together and grow closer.
(b) Olga is depressed and worried for her sister, and Vladimir comforts her and delays proposing to her.
(c) They quarrell because of Tatyana and Eugene.
(d) Vladimir Lensky tries to stay away from Olga for Eugene, but she writes him letters begging his return.

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

3. What problem does the narrator have in presenting Tatyana's writing to the reader?
(a) She wrote her love letter in French.
(b) Her writings were dark and gloomy and unfitting for verse.
(c) It is so personal he feels the need to protect her.
(d) She burned everything she wrote.

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

5. Why does Vladimir Lensky want to meet Eugene Onegin?
(a) He has heard much about him from friends that knew Eugene.
(b) He gets tired of the provincial conversation of his neighbors.
(c) He wants advice seducing women.
(d) He thinks the new system of rent is revolutionary and genius.

6. What was the state of Vladimir and Olga's marriage at the time of the celebration?
(a) It was delayed until further notice depending on Tatyana's health.
(b) None of the above.
(c) They were still enjoying newlywed bliss.
(d) It was two weeks away.

7. To whom does the narrator claim to devote this poem?
(a) His lost love.
(b) The feet of Terpsichore.
(c) Nobody.
(d) To the yet unforeseen muse of the future.

8. What did Eugene Onegin do that angered his new neighbors in the countryside?
(a) He does not address them with sufficient respect.
(b) All of the above.
(c) He institutes rent instead of unpaid labor from the peasants.
(d) He rides away whenever they come visit.

9. On a typical day, the young Eugene Onegin would....
(a) Make a brief appearance at a ballet to look for women to seduce.
(b) Gather with friends and fellow land owners.
(c) Study until late.
(d) Fight with his father as his father became drunk.

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

11. How does Eugene come to feel about Vladimir Lensky?
(a) Eugene adores and respects him.
(b) Eugene finds him trite and repetitive.
(c) Lensky's passion depresses Eugene.
(d) Eugene comes to hate Lensky for being happy.

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

13. What does Olga think of Vladimir Lensky's poetry about her?
(a) She makes him read it to her in front of everyone.
(b) She doesn't read poetry.
(c) She thinks his poems are trite and mundane.
(d) She loves being the muse of his inspiration.

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

15. Who is the narrator referring to when he says Tatyana is "relying on a tyrant's honour, you've now resigned to him your fate."
(a) Her father.
(b) Knowledge.
(c) Hate.
(d) Eugene Onegin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following best describes Tatyana?

2. What does Vladimir Lensky tell the Larin household when he arrives?

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

4. What was Eugene Onegin and Vladimir Lensky's favorite topic of discussion?

5. What does Eugene find when he reaches his uncle's estate in the country?

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