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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Why does Vladimir Lensky leave the company of Eugene Onegin each evening once their friendship is established?
(a) He is afraid of Eugene after he starts drinking.
(b) He is carrying on a secret love affair with Olga.
(c) Spending too much time with Eugene depresses him.
(d) To have dinner at the Larin household.

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

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

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

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

9. On a typical day, the young Eugene Onegin would....
(a) Preen himself for hours in front of a mirror and go to several parties and balls.
(b) Retire to bed early.
(c) Compose a short poem before bed.
(d) Get very drunk.

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

11. What does the narrator say about cold and distant women?
(a) Their joy is striking men with fear and then luring them back again.
(b) They even get bored with praise and sighs of passion.
(c) All of the above.
(d) He flees from them in terror.

12. What message does Vladimir Lensky pass on to Eugene Onegin while visiting him in the winter?
(a) That Olga begs him to come to a party at their house.
(b) That Tatyana has moved to the city.
(c) That the Larin family is offended he hasn't ever come to visit again.
(d) That he is invited to Tatyana's name day celebration.

13. How long has Vladimir Lensky known Olga?
(a) Vladimir Lensky met Olga in Europe.
(b) Vladimir Lensky was engaged to Olga from a baby but had never met her.
(c) Vladimir Lensky met Olga at one of the neighbors after returning from Europe.
(d) Vladimir Lensky and Olga grew up together because their parents were friends.

14. What advice does the narrator give to the reader about Russian balls?
(a) Be careful which ones to go to as they define who you are.
(b) Families should keep their daughters well in sight.
(c) Be sure to look your best.
(d) It is the best way to spend a long winter.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is Tatyana?

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

4. What does Vladimir Lensky adore most about Olga?

5. What happens to interfere with the plans the new friends have made?

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