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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Eugene Onegin try to do to alleviate his depression? What is the result?
(a) He tries to write, but cannot.
(b) He wants to travel, but his father won't let him.
(c) He proposes to a girl, but she rejects him.
(d) He tries to borrow money, but is denied.

2. What does the narrator find charming in women?
(a) Russian spoken poorly.
(b) Coyness in love.
(c) An attempt to write poetry.
(d) Fluency in multiple languages.

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

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

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

6. What brought Tatyana's mother relief from her sadness as she grew up?
(a) A large and loving family.
(b) She met and married another man.
(c) Time passing and the role of housewife.
(d) None of the above.

7. What change came about Eugene Onegin as a young man?
(a) He grew apart from his father.
(b) He grew bored with his social routine.
(c) He became addicted to gambling.
(d) He felt the need to marry.

8. How does the narrator see Eugene Onegin's inability to be moved by love?
(a) All of the above.
(b) As the unavoidable conclusion of all who marry.
(c) As wise and safe.
(d) As wretched and miserable.

9. 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) He turns and coldly marches off, leaving her alone in the garden.
(c) She bursts into tears and runs away.
(d) None of the above.

10. What does Eugene find when he reaches his uncle's estate in the country?
(a) That he lacks all his beloved comforts of home.
(b) That his father has sent all his books to him there.
(c) That his uncle has already died.
(d) That country girls are charming.

11. Which of the following is true about Tatyana's nurse?
(a) She was married when she was thirteen in a marriage arranged by a match maker.
(b) She is as romantically inclined as Tatyana.
(c) She never married and has spent her whole life alone.
(d) She encourages Tatyana in her feelings about Eugene Onegin.

12. 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.

13. What is the narrator fond of writing in?
(a) Collections of the best poets.
(b) Country girl's albums.
(c) Yearly almanacs.
(d) Gorgeous albums stamped with gold.

14. What does the narrator say he will write a novel about?
(a) A true story of heroism.
(b) A story of gory passions.
(c) An old fashioned tale of love and family life.
(d) A romance to make Tatyana blush.

15. What does Vladimir Lensky do for Tatyana's father after he passes away?
(a) Vladimir Lenskey takes over running the Larin estate.
(b) Vladimir Lensky writes a poem for him and his own parents.
(c) Vladimir Lensky vows to marry one of his daughters.
(d) None of the above.

Short Answer Questions

1. What problem does the narrator have in presenting Tatyana's writing to the reader?

2. What is the estate like that Eugene Onegin inherited from his uncle?

3. How long has Vladimir Lensky known Olga?

4. What reason does the narrator give for his preference for Bordeaux?

5. How does Eugene spend his summer after rejecting Tatyana?

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