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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 does Tatyana say in her letter to Eugene Onegin?
(a) She shrinks with shame and fear.
(b) She would have kept her love secret if she knew she would occasionally see him
(c) She wishes he had never come to the country.
(d) All of the above.

2. What problem does the narrator have in presenting Tatyana's writing to the reader?
(a) Her writings were dark and gloomy and unfitting for verse.
(b) She burned everything she wrote.
(c) It is so personal he feels the need to protect her.
(d) She wrote her love letter in French.

3. What is the first thing Tatyana does when she can't sleep at night?
(a) Tatyana reads romance novels to distract her mind so she can sleep.
(b) Tatyana wakes up her nurse and asks her about love in the old days.
(c) Tatyana runs through the forest to look at Eugene Onegin's house.
(d) None of the above.

4. What reason does the narrator give for his preference for Bordeaux?
(a) It is cheaper.
(b) Champagne no longer agrees with his stomach.
(c) It has a long tradition.
(d) It is a man's drink.

5. As winter falls and he is stuck indoors, what is Eugene's only source of pleasure?
(a) Driving his troika.
(b) The visits from Vladimir Lensky.
(c) Sleep.
(d) Re-reading Tatyana'sletter.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Eugene spend his summer after rejecting Tatyana?

2. Why does Eugene Onegin decide to go with Vladimir Lensky to dinner at the Larin household?

3. What does Vladimir Lensky adore most about Olga?

4. What do the neighbors think of Eugene after he rejects Tatyana?

5. What brought Tatyana's mother relief from her sadness as she grew up?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is the story of Olga and Tatyana's mother's marriage?

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

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

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

7. 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?

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

9. What events unfold when Tatyana hears Eugene Onegin's horse arriving?

10. Describe Vladimir Lensky.

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