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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What happens after the winter of Eugene and Tatyana's separation in Moscow?
(a) Tatyana shows up at his door in distress.
(b) They meet by chance in a park.
(c) Tatyana summons Eugene to come when the prince is not home.
(d) Eugne goes to her house and finds her alone.

7. When do Vladimir Lensky and Eugene Onegin arrive at their dueling place?
(a) They both arrive promptly at dawn.
(b) When Vladimir arrives at dawn Eugene is already there.
(c) They both arrive quite late.
(d) Vladimir arrives promptly at dawn and Eugene is very late.

8. What does the narrator communicate about his muse?
(a) She comes and goes at will.
(b) She is constant and unchanging.
(c) She is a fickle and demanding mistress.
(d) She has thrived wherever he goes.

9. 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) That she clearly still loves him.
(d) All of the above.

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

11. What does Eugene Onegin think when he first sees Tatyana at a ball?
(a) He must rescue her from her unhappiness.
(b) Is it possible it's the same country girl?
(c) How could he not have seen her potential?
(d) He always knew she was meant for greater things.

12. 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.

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

14. What homage is paid to Tatyana at her name day celebration?
(a) A song taken from an almanac, but with the name replaced with Tatyana's.
(b) Tatyana is asked to sit for portrait.
(c) People stand and share their fondest memories of Tatyana.
(d) Lensky has written an extensive verse about Tatyana the he reads to the guests.

15. 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) He writes more letters.
(d) All of the above.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Eugene Onegin dancing with Olga end?

2. When Tatyana returns and spends time in Eugene Onegin's house, what does she do?

3. How did Lensky fall during the duel?

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

5. How successful is Tatyana with the conjuring to predict her future?

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