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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Eugene Onegin decide to go with Vladimir Lensky to dinner at the Larin household?
(a) To support Vladimir Lensky.
(b) He has heard of Tatyana's charms.
(c) To escape boredome at home.
(d) To meet the object of Vladimir's affection.

3. What happens to interfere with the plans the new friends have made?
(a) They borrow too much money and are exiled.
(b) Eugene Onegin's father dies and he hands over the estate to creditors.
(c) His father sends Eugene to the country.
(d) His new friend is jailed for treason.

4. How did Tatyana's parents meet?
(a) They were both part of the fashionable Moscow crowd.
(b) They met and eloped when he was in the army.
(c) The were paired through an arranged marriage.
(d) None of the above.

5. What reason does the narrator give for detailing how differently he and Eugene Onegin feel about the country?
(a) To offer two perspectives on beauty.
(b) None of the above.
(c) Everyone loves reading poetry about the countryside.
(d) To make it clear Onegin is not a self portrait.

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

7. What do the neighbors say after Eugene had dinner at the Larin estate?
(a) None of the above.
(b) That perhaps he wasn't so bad after all.
(c) That the Larins had betrayed the community.
(d) That he and Tatyana are engaged.

8. Which of the following best describes how the narrator describes Olga?
(a) Silly and heartless.
(b) A common country girl.
(c) The ideal woman.
(d) Perfect to the point of being boring.

9. What does the narrator take time from his story to praise?
(a) The beauty of the countryside.
(b) Women's feet.
(c) All of the above.
(d) Russian theater.

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

11. What was Eugene Onegin and Vladimir Lensky's favorite topic of discussion?
(a) Plans to travel around Europe.
(b) Women.
(c) Men's passions.
(d) Politics.

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

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

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

15. How does Vladimir Lensky feel about Olga?
(a) He loves her passionately.
(b) He finds her bossy and brazen.
(c) He is timid around her and nervous.
(d) He finds her boring.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens after Eugene Onegin is done responding to Tatyana's letter?

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

3. What does Eugene Onegin think about as he travels to his ailing uncle's bedside?

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

5. What does Vladimir Lensky adore most about Olga?

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