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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Eugene Onegin's reaction to Vladimir Lensky's death?
(a) He laughed.
(b) He showed no emotion.
(c) He thought, 'well, he deserved it'.
(d) He was horrified and shaken.

2. What is Olga's future after losing Vladimir Lensky?
(a) She soon moves on and marries a soldier.
(b) She becomes a less naive, but bitter, person.
(c) She starts reading Vladimir Lensky's poetry and falls in love with him all over again.
(d) She mourns for a year in solitude.

3. What does the wax in the water basin predict for Tatyana?
(a) That she will soon lose someone she cares for.
(b) That she has great power.
(c) That she will find true love.
(d) That she will be rich and famous.

4. What reason does the narrator find for sadness in spring?
(a) He compares it to his own fading youth for which there is no spring.
(b) The mysteries of the winter are shown to be commonplace.
(c) It is a seasn of couples and he is alone.
(d) It reminds him of Vladimir Lensky.

5. What does the note from Vladimir Lensky to Eugene Onegin the day after the name day celebration contain?
(a) A poem about Olga's faithlessness.
(b) A challenge to a duel.
(c) A tirade about Eugene's betrayal.
(d) A chastisement of his behavior.

6. What does Tatyana discover about her dream in the book on analyzing dreams?
(a) None of the above.
(b) That she is better off without Eugene Onegin.
(c) It foretells terrible times ahead.
(d) Information about some of the elements but no meaning.

7. How did Lensky fall during the duel?
(a) Lensky is mortally killed before getting off a single shot.
(b) During the third round of shots, Lensky is killed.
(c) After wounding Onegin, Lensky is mortally shot.
(d) Lensky's gun backfires and kills him.

8. How does Tatyana spend the summer before she travels to Moscow?
(a) Walking in the country saying goodbye to the nature she loves.
(b) Writing letters to her acquaintances so they will expect her.
(c) Trying to learn how to fit in once she arrives in Moscow.
(d) Gleaning news of Eugene Onegin's habits in Moscow.

9. What is Eugene Onegin's response to speaking with Tatyana again in Moscow?
(a) He is overwhelmed and struck mute.
(b) He thinks of the letter she wrote him that he still keeps.
(c) All the above.
(d) He compares her to the country girl he lectured.

10. What homage is paid to Tatyana at her name day celebration?
(a) Lensky has written an extensive verse about Tatyana the he reads to the guests.
(b) Tatyana is asked to sit for portrait.
(c) A song taken from an almanac, but with the name replaced with Tatyana's.
(d) People stand and share their fondest memories of Tatyana.

11. What possible futures does the narrator entertain that Vladimir Lensky might have had?
(a) A great creator of truth or a provincial cuckold.
(b) A pillar of the locality or a miserable misunderstood artist.
(c) A revolutionary leader and inspiring orator.
(d) All of the above.

12. Which of the following does Eugene do in the house in Tatyana's dream?
(a) Lays her on a bed and rests his head on her shoulder.
(b) Opens the door wide and exposes her to all the monsters.
(c) Notices her first through the crack in the door.
(d) All of the above.

13. As Vladimir leaves the name day celebration, what is he thinking?
(a) He should challenge Eugene Onegin to a duel.
(b) He was wrong to drag Eugene to party.
(c) That his art is more important than anyone knows.
(d) That Eugene is a monster.

14. When do Eugene Onegin and Vladimir Lensky arrive at Tatyana's name day celebration?
(a) Just as Tatyana is sitting for her portrait.
(b) Just before the dancing starts.
(c) Before any other guests arrive.
(d) Partway through dinner.

15. What is Eugene Onegin's response to Tatyana's continued refusal?
(a) He nealy turns poet.
(b) He becomes depressed and withdraws from society.
(c) He submerges himself in literature and reflection on his life.
(d) All of the above.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Eugene Onegin think when he first sees Tatyana at a ball?

2. Why does Tatyana's mother decide they must go to Moscow?

3. Who is Zaretsky?

4. How does the flight from the bear end in Tatyana's dream?

5. Who travels with Tatyana to Moscow?

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