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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. 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.

5. 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.

6. What was Tatyana's response to meeting Eugene Onegin again at the ball after she is married?
(a) She was nearly overwhelmed and turned pale.
(b) She showed no emotion whatsoever about it.
(c) No one but Eugene could see her distress.
(d) She became agitated and short with the people around her.

7. 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) People stand and share their fondest memories of Tatyana.
(c) A song taken from an almanac, but with the name replaced with Tatyana's.
(d) Tatyana is asked to sit for portrait.

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

9. Who is Zaretsky?
(a) A wise old man.
(b) Vladimir Lensky's guardian.
(c) Cheif gamber and trouble maker in town.
(d) An honorable citizen with a blameless past.

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

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

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

13. In the spring after the winter that Vladimir Lensky died, what is the state of his grave?
(a) The paths to it are all overgrown.
(b) All the above.
(c) A wreath no longer hangs above it.
(d) The shepard is the only person that comes around.

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

15. What is the narrator's impression of winter in the country?
(a) It is a time of simple beauties.
(b) It is a time of depression and illness.
(c) It is a time when no one, not even Eugene, can resist the charm of the countryside.
(d) It holds joy only for the leisurely wealthy.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Lensky fall during the duel?

2. How does Eugene Onegin feel about the situation in which he finds himself?

3. In Tatyana's dream, what starts the fight between Eugene Onegin and Vladimir Lensky?

4. What is the state of affairs at the end of the novel, EUGENE ONEGIN?

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

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