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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On a typical day, the young Eugene Onegin would....
(a) Eat grouse he had shot that day.
(b) Have a gourmet dinner with another well known man about town.
(c) Spend the dinner hour with the influential people of the time.
(d) Take dinner with his father.

2. What is the first thing Tatyana does when she can't sleep at night?
(a) Tatyana wakes up her nurse and asks her about love in the old days.
(b) Tatyana runs through the forest to look at Eugene Onegin's house.
(c) Tatyana reads romance novels to distract her mind so she can sleep.
(d) None of the above.

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

4. Which of the following set of characters was developed as a literary foil for each other?
(a) Olga and Vladimir Lensky.
(b) Olga and Tatyana.
(c) Eugene Onegin and Olga.
(d) Tatyana and Vladimir Lensky.

5. What does Eugene Onegin think of the country?
(a) After two days he is bored with it.
(b) He feels at home and at peace.
(c) He pines for the grandeur of the city.
(d) He enjoys having an estate of his own to run.

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

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

8. What does Vladimir Lensky write poetry about?
(a) The injustice of the political system.
(b) Love.
(c) The power of thought.
(d) Death.

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

10. What happens after the death of Tatyana's father?
(a) Tatyana inherits the estate.
(b) Tatyana and her family are plunged into poverty.
(c) His wife feels finally free.
(d) Everybody mourns him.

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

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

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

14. 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 country girls are charming.
(c) That his father has sent all his books to him there.
(d) That his uncle has already died.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Eugene Onegin especially good at as a young man?

2. What does Vladimir Lensky adore most about Olga?

3. To whom does the narrator read his poetry?

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

5. What does Eugene Onegin assume dinner at the Larin household will be like?

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