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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the dinner party like that Eugene Onegin attends at the prince's house?
(a) A desperate superficial attempt to appear wealthy.
(b) A stately dinner of politics and diplomacies beyond Tatyana's comprehension.
(c) The best of society with lively banter controlled by the regal hostess Tatyana.
(d) A mockery of high society and fashion.

2. How does Eugene Onegin feel about the situation in which he finds himself?
(a) He hates being at this sort of feast.
(b) He is angered by Tatyana's distress.
(c) He vows to take vengence on Lensky.
(d) All of the above.

3. How does Eugene Onegin dancing with Olga end?
(a) Eugene gets bored and Olga looks for Vladimir Lensky.
(b) Eugene and Olga end up fighting.
(c) Vladimir Lensky confronts them and makes a scene.
(d) Eugene and Olga retreat to the garden together.

4. How does Tatyana feel about the local folklore and superstitions?
(a) She believes them all and tries to see her future through them.
(b) She finds them amusing and fun.
(c) She doesn't believe them but enjoys the rituals.
(d) They irritate her with their ridiculousness.

5. In Moscow after being reunited with Tatyana, what does Eugene Onegin do?
(a) Becomes wan and sickly.
(b) He follows her around by day and dreams of her at night.
(c) All of the above.
(d) Falls hopelessly in love with her.

6. 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) All of the above.
(d) Notices her first through the crack in the door.

7. How does the flight from the bear end in Tatyana's dream?
(a) The bear is afraid and runs when Eugene Onegin suddenly appears in front of her.
(b) The bear chases her until she sees a hut, which she rushes into and closes the door in the bears face.
(c) She sees her father ahead and calls to him. Her father turns and scares the bear off.
(d) She falls, exhausted, and the bear carries her to a hut.

8. Who visited Vladimir Lensky's grave?
(a) Eugene Onegin.
(b) Tatyana would sit there and wonder about past events.
(c) Two women who would hold each other and cry.
(d) Olga, alone, would sit and cry there for hours.

9. How does Tatyana react to the news that they are going to Moscow?
(a) She looks forward to bustle of the city to help distract her.
(b) She hopes to run into Eugene Onegin.
(c) She knows she will be mocked for her country ways.
(d) She looks forward to seeing the rest of her family.

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

11. Where do Tatyana and her mother stay when they arrive in Moscow?
(a) At a fashionable house they rented downtown.
(b) In a hotel by the river.
(c) At the home of an old aunt.
(d) At the home of Tatyana's father's wealthy relatives.

12. What vengeance does Eugene Onegin take on Vladimir Lensky at Tatyana's name day feast?
(a) He laughs at Vladimir's poetry.
(b) He lets himself act irritable to cause discomfort to the hosts.
(c) He says mean things to Olga.
(d) He flirts with Olga and monopolizes her on the dance floor.

13. What does Eugene Onegin do after the duel with Vladimir Lensky?
(a) Becomes even more bitter and angry at the world.
(b) Begs Olga's forgiveness.
(c) Becomes even more reclusive and solitary in his home.
(d) Leaves the area and travel.

14. Why does Tatyana's mother decide they must go to Moscow?
(a) She thinks Tatyana can do better than the country suitors.
(b) She knows Tatyana is waiting for Eugene Onegin to return.
(c) None of the above.
(d) To try to get Tatyana out of her brooding and find her a husband.

15. What does Tatyana think of the way Eugene Onegin behaved with Olga at her name day celebration?
(a) She understood his motive and pitied him.
(b) She thinks he acted abhorently.
(c) She didn't notice anything out of the ordinary.
(d) She doesn't understand it.

Short Answer Questions

1. In her dream, when Tatyana wakes up in a house, where is she?

2. When Tatyana flees from him, what does the bear in her dream do?

3. Who calls on Eugene Onegin the morning after the name day celebration?

4. What is the consequence to Eugene Onegin's letter to Tatyana?

5. How does Vladimir Lensky spend the night before the duel?

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