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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What does Eugene Onegin do when Zaretsky demands he have a second for the duel?
(a) Laughs at him.
(b) Names his man in waiting as his second.
(c) Tries to use this oversight as leverage to call off the duel.
(d) Tries to name Lensky as his second.

8. In her dream, when Tatyana wakes up in a house, where is she?
(a) None of the above.
(b) She is lying in the hallway and can the clink of glass in in a neighboring room.
(c) She is in the master bed dressed in a long gown.
(d) She is standing in front of a crowd waiting for her to sing.

9. How many people have come to celebrate Tatyana's name day celebration?
(a) Only immediate family.
(b) A small intimate circle that includes Lensky and Onegin.
(c) Crowds and crowds of people show up.
(d) All the people Tatyana's age from their province.

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

11. What does the note from Vladimir Lensky to Eugene Onegin the day after the name day celebration contain?
(a) A poem about Olga's faithlessness.
(b) A tirade about Eugene's betrayal.
(c) A challenge to a duel.
(d) A chastisement of his behavior.

12. What is the state of affairs at the end of the novel, EUGENE ONEGIN?
(a) Tatyana vows faithfulness to her husband for life.
(b) Tatyana appeals to Eugene's sense of honor.
(c) All of the above.
(d) Tatyana leaves Eugene foresaken and alone.

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

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

15. What does the narrator mourn after describing Vladimir Lensky's death?
(a) All who have fallen in such a way.
(b) The passing of his own youth.
(c) The loss of an adored literary character.
(d) Women's fickleness.

Short Answer Questions

1. What action does Eugene Onegin decide to do when Tatyana remains cold to him in Moscow?

2. After the name day celebration, who is the one at the Larin household who can not sleep?

3. When Tatyana flees from him, what does the bear in her dream do?

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

5. When Eugene Onegin and Tatyana are brought together in Moscow, what is the state of Tatyana's life?

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