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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the first thing Eugene Onegin gives up as he becomes depressed?
(a) Hunting.
(b) His title.
(c) Women.
(d) Prospects of running the estate.

2. What does Eugene Onegin report after the dinner with the Larins?
(a) That he had a splendid time with the kind family.
(b) That he found them all petty and small.
(c) That the food was the best he had ever tried.
(d) That if he were a poet he would prefer Tatyana over Olga.

3. What does Vladimir Lensky write poetry about?
(a) Death.
(b) Love.
(c) The injustice of the political system.
(d) The power of thought.

4. Which of the following best characterizes the presence of the narrator in the story EUGENE ONEGIN?
(a) Pivotal and active.
(b) Cold and distraught.
(c) Distant and preachy.
(d) Present and convivial.

5. What does Eugene find when he reaches his uncle's estate in the country?
(a) That he lacks all his beloved comforts of home.
(b) That his father has sent all his books to him there.
(c) That country girls are charming.
(d) That his uncle has already died.

Short Answer Questions

1. What reason does the narrator give for his preference for Bordeaux?

2. Which of the following characters were designed as literary foils for each other?

3. What does Tatyana say in her letter to Eugene Onegin?

4. Who does the narrator say is the best person to depend on for love and trust?

5. What do the neighbors say after Eugene had dinner at the Larin estate?

Short Essay Questions

1. Even while Tatyana is recovering from her rejection, how are Olga and Vladimir doing?

2. What does the nurse tell Tatyana of her own youth and marriage?

3. Describe Vladimir Lensky.

4. How is Tatyana after being rejected by Eugene Onegin?

5. What does the narrator think about Russian women who speak primarily French and only poor Russian and the movement to teach them better Russian?

6. Describe the activities of a typical day in the life of Eugene Onegin.

7. How does Eugene Onegin respond when Vladimir Lensky invites him to come with him to Tatyana's name day celebration? What changes his mind?

8. What does the gossip say about Eugene Onegin shortly after his first visit to the Larin household, and what result does it have?

9. In chapter one the narrator is briefly a character in his own story. What interaction does the narrator have with Eugene?

10. When Eugene becomes tired of his social life and routine and falls into depression, what does he do?

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