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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. To whom does the narrator read his poetry?
(a) His old nurse, visitors he can corner, and ducks.
(b) Members of the literature society.
(c) His family and at public readings.
(d) The muse that inspires it.

2. Which of the following set of characters was developed as a literary foil for each other?
(a) Tatyana and Vladimir Lensky.
(b) Olga and Tatyana.
(c) Olga and Vladimir Lensky.
(d) Eugene Onegin and Olga.

3. What does the narrator say of the literature of his time?
(a) All of the above.
(b) It makes vice attractive.
(c) That it used to be about honesty and virtue.
(d) It worships vampires.

4. Between Tatyana and Olga, what does the narrator make clear?
(a) All of the above.
(b) Tatyana as his clear favorite.
(c) Tatyana and Olga as opposites.
(d) Olga, and not Tatyana, as being like her mother.

5. What does Vladimir Lensky adore most about Olga?
(a) Her love of poetry.
(b) Her astute mind and sharp wit.
(c) Her superficial attractions.
(d) All of the above.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say about cold and distant women?

2. What do Eugene Onegin and his new friend do together to alleviate their depression?

3. On a typical day, the young Eugene Onegin would....

4. How long has Vladimir Lensky known Olga?

5. Which of the following does Eugene tell Tatyana in response to her letter?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Vladimir in love with? What is she like?

2. How does Eugene Onegin receive Tatyana's letter?

3. What happens when Eugene arrives at his uncle's house?

4. As Tatyana waits for an answer to her letter from Eugene, what does Vladimir Lensky tell them? What affect does this have on Tatyana?

5. What is Eugene doing when the novel opens? How does he feel about it?

6. At the end of chapter two, the narrator introduces one of the topics that relates back to his theme of cycles. What is it, and what event in the story brings it up?

7. How do the neighbors views of Eugene's refusal of Tatyana vary from the narrator's?

8. How do Eugene and the narrator differ about how they feel about the country? Why do you think the narrator tells us this?

9. Vladimir writes his poetry inspired by Olga, but rarely gets to read it to her because she doesn't read poetry. Who does the narrator confess he reads his poetry to?

10. What do Vladimir Lensky and Eugne Onegin discuss? What is their favorite topic?

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