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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 best characterizes Eugene Onegin when he lived in the country?
(a) Idle and reclusive.
(b) Cold and heartless.
(c) Living in luxury and vindictive.
(d) Scheming and meddlesome.

2. 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.

3. What does the narrator mourn about Vladimir Lensky's premature death?
(a) The loss of his unknown future.
(b) That he was killed by a friend.
(c) All the above.
(d) That he was killed over something foolish.

4. What happens shortly after Vladimir falls asleep the night before the duel?
(a) Zaretsky comes to wake him.
(b) A letter arrives for him.
(c) Vladimir has terrible dreams of death.
(d) Eugene Onegin knocks at the door but goes unheard.

5. What is the consequence to Eugene Onegin's letter to Tatyana?
(a) No response from Tatyana.
(b) At a casual encounter, she is cold and angry with him.
(c) All of the above.
(d) He writes more letters.

6. How many people have come to celebrate Tatyana's name day celebration?
(a) A small intimate circle that includes Lensky and Onegin.
(b) All the people Tatyana's age from their province.
(c) Crowds and crowds of people show up.
(d) Only immediate family.

7. Who travels with Tatyana to Moscow?
(a) Just Tatyana, her mother, and a footman travel to Moscow.
(b) None of the above.
(c) Tatyana and the nurse travel light, expecting to buy fashionable clothes once they are there.
(d) An entire train of wagons needing eighteen horses and carrying nearly all their possessions.

8. What is Vladimir Lensky surprised by when he goes to visit Olga before the duel?
(a) She is happy and carefree.
(b) All of the above.
(c) That she doesn't think anything has happened.
(d) That she clearly still loves him.

9. When Tatyana returns and spends time in Eugene Onegin's house, what does she do?
(a) Spending time getting to know Eugene Onegin through his books.
(b) Takes naps on Eugene Onegin's bed.
(c) Looks for clues about where he has gone and when he might return.
(d) All the above.

10. How does the fight in Tatyana's dream between Eugene Onegin and Vladimir Lensky end?
(a) Lensky rallies the monsters and they drive Onegin out.
(b) Onegin and Lensky kill each other.
(c) The bear returns and scares them all away and out of the hourse.
(d) Onegin stabs Lensky with a knife.

11. How successful is Tatyana with the conjuring to predict her future?
(a) Not at all.
(b) She gets several hints that she is sure she will understand in time.
(c) She learns the name of her future husband.
(d) She learns she is to marry someone other than Eugene.

12. How does the flight from the bear end in Tatyana's dream?
(a) The bear chases her until she sees a hut, which she rushes into and closes the door in the bears face.
(b) The bear is afraid and runs when Eugene Onegin suddenly appears in front of her.
(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.

13. What action does Eugene Onegin decide to do when Tatyana remains cold to him in Moscow?
(a) Profess his love to her in person.
(b) Challenge the prince to a duel.
(c) Write a letter.
(d) Travel again to distract himself.

14. In the beginning of Tatyana's dream, where is she?
(a) Lost in an unfamiliar land.
(b) Behind Eugene Onegin's house.
(c) Walking home through the country from a festival.
(d) In a wintry landscape near a raging river.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Lensky fall during the duel?

2. Who fires first in the duel between Onegin and Lensky?

3. What reason does the narrator find for sadness in spring?

4. What is Olga's future after losing Vladimir Lensky?

5. In Moscow after being reunited with Tatyana, what does Eugene Onegin do?

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