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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As Vladimir leaves the name day celebration, what is he thinking?
(a) He should challenge Eugene Onegin to a duel.
(b) He was wrong to drag Eugene to party.
(c) That his art is more important than anyone knows.
(d) That Eugene is a monster.

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

3. Which of the following comparisons can be made according to the story Eugene Onegin?
(a) Eugene loves country summers while Tatyana loves country winters.
(b) While Eugene does not read the classics by choice, Tatyana does not by circumstance.
(c) While Eugene can find no meaning in the world, Tatyana finds meaning in everything around her.
(d) Winter is the time that Eugene is most driven out among people, yet it is the time Tatyana most withdraws.

4. How does Tatyana feel about the local folklore and superstitions?
(a) They irritate her with their ridiculousness.
(b) She doesn't believe them but enjoys the rituals.
(c) She finds them amusing and fun.
(d) She believes them all and tries to see her future through them.

5. Where do we first see Eugene again after Tatyana's trip to Moscow?
(a) Returning from Paris a changed man.
(b) Alone in his cold and simple room.
(c) In the crowd at a grand soiree.
(d) In Tatyana's heart in every face she sees.

6. What is the dinner party like that Eugene Onegin attends at the prince's house?
(a) The best of society with lively banter controlled by the regal hostess Tatyana.
(b) A desperate superficial attempt to appear wealthy.
(c) A mockery of high society and fashion.
(d) A stately dinner of politics and diplomacies beyond Tatyana's comprehension.

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

8. What is Tatyana doing when she and Eugene are reunited at the end of the story?
(a) Writing a letter to Eugene.
(b) Leaving her husband.
(c) Crying over Eugene's letters.
(d) Returning Eugene's letter.

9. Who is the leader of the monsters in the house in Tatyana's dream?
(a) The bear.
(b) Her father.
(c) Tatyana.
(d) Eugene Onegin.

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

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

12. What does Tatyana discover about her dream in the book on analyzing dreams?
(a) That she is better off without Eugene Onegin.
(b) None of the above.
(c) It foretells terrible times ahead.
(d) Information about some of the elements but no meaning.

13. Who visited Vladimir Lensky's grave?
(a) Tatyana would sit there and wonder about past events.
(b) Olga, alone, would sit and cry there for hours.
(c) Two women who would hold each other and cry.
(d) Eugene Onegin.

14. What homage is paid to Tatyana at her name day celebration?
(a) Tatyana is asked to sit for portrait.
(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) Lensky has written an extensive verse about Tatyana the he reads to the guests.

15. What does Tatyana notice about all her relatives in Moscow?
(a) They haven't changed at all.
(b) They remember her more than she remembers them.
(c) They are all so sophisticated.
(d) They seem to pursue what they want.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who travels with Tatyana to Moscow?

3. How does Eugene Onegin respond to Vladimir Lensky's note the day after Tanya's name day celebration?

4. What does the note from Vladimir Lensky to Eugene Onegin the day after the name day celebration contain?

5. What does the narrator mourn about Vladimir Lensky's premature death?

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