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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When Tatyana flees from him, what does the bear in her dream do?
(a) Follows at her heels.
(b) Continually reappear in front of her.
(c) Turn into Eugene Onegin.
(d) Fall into the raging river.

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

4. Who, according to the narrator, does Vladimir Lensky's tombstone still cause to tear up?
(a) Olga.
(b) Eugene Onegin.
(c) Tatyana.
(d) Passerbys that read the inscription.

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

6. How does Tatyana fare in society in Moscow?
(a) She misses her home in the country.
(b) She finds people trite, shallow, and dull.
(c) She attracts the attention of a powerful general.
(d) All of the above.

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

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

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

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

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

12. For what reason does Tatyana first go to Eugene Onegin's estate after he has gone?
(a) She is trying to understand his actions.
(b) She finds herself there one day while out walking.
(c) She goes to find out where he is.
(d) She has heard news he is returning.

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

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

15. After the name day celebration, who is the one at the Larin household who can not sleep?
(a) Tatyana.
(b) Vladimir Lensky.
(c) Eugene Onegin.
(d) Olga.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tatyana discover about her dream in the book on analyzing dreams?

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

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

4. What does Eugene Onegin do after the duel with Vladimir Lensky?

5. How does Tatyana spend the summer before she travels to Moscow?

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