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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. After meeting with Olga after the name day celebration, what does Vladimir Lensky decide?
(a) Eugene is the untrustworthy one and he must protect Olga from him.
(b) Everything between Olga and Eugene was innocent.
(c) Olga is naturally disloyal.
(d) He should not have challenged Eugene to a duel.

4. 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) All the above.
(d) Looks for clues about where he has gone and when he might return.

5. What happens between Eugene Onegin and Tatyana during her name day feast?
(a) He gives her a sympathetic look that reawakens her heart.
(b) He ignores her all evening.
(c) He says rude things to keep her at a distance.
(d) He dances with her.

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

7. How does Eugene Onegin respond to Vladimir Lensky's note the day after Tanya's name day celebration?
(a) He laughs out loud.
(b) None of the above.
(c) He curtly accepts the challenge.
(d) He rushes out to make amends with his friend.

8. After Vladimir Lensky's death, how does Tatyana see Eugene Onegin?
(a) He love dies because she cannot respect him.
(b) She sees him as a cold, hateful man.
(c) She thinks he ruins goodness wherever he goes.
(d) She loathes what he has done but still loves him.

9. What does the terrifying bear in Tatyana's dream do first?
(a) Corners her and force her to flee across the bridge.
(b) Helps her over the perilous bridge by giving her his paw.
(c) Cowers in fear when he sees her.
(d) Threatens to eat her.

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

11. Who notices the distress Tatyana feels at seeing Eugene Onegin again?
(a) Olga and Lensky.
(b) Nobody.
(c) Everyone around her.
(d) Only Eugene.

12. How does Eugene Onegin spend his time before the duel?
(a) Trying to write a letter to Vladimir.
(b) Drinking.
(c) Asleep.
(d) Cursing himself to have let the situation come to this.

13. What does Tatyana do at the end of the story as Eugene kneels before her?
(a) Deliver a sermon to him much like the one he delivered to her when she was young.
(b) Question his motives.
(c) All the above.
(d) Profess her continued love for him.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who visited Vladimir Lensky's grave?

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

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

4. What does the narrator mourn after describing Vladimir Lensky's death?

5. Who is the leader of the monsters in the house in Tatyana's dream?

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