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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. After Tatyana's disappointment, how are Vladimir Lensky and Olga doing?
(a) Olga is depressed and worried for her sister, and Vladimir comforts her and delays proposing to her.
(b) They quarrell because of Tatyana and Eugene.
(c) Vladimir and Olga spend all their time together and grow closer.
(d) Vladimir Lensky tries to stay away from Olga for Eugene, but she writes him letters begging his return.

2. What change came about Eugene Onegin as a young man?
(a) He grew bored with his social routine.
(b) He grew apart from his father.
(c) He felt the need to marry.
(d) He became addicted to gambling.

3. What do the neighbors say after Eugene had dinner at the Larin estate?
(a) That perhaps he wasn't so bad after all.
(b) That the Larins had betrayed the community.
(c) That he and Tatyana are engaged.
(d) None of the above.

4. What message does Vladimir Lensky pass on to Eugene Onegin while visiting him in the winter?
(a) That Olga begs him to come to a party at their house.
(b) That he is invited to Tatyana's name day celebration.
(c) That Tatyana has moved to the city.
(d) That the Larin family is offended he hasn't ever come to visit again.

5. What does Tatyana do after she is rejected by Eugene?
(a) She decides to go to the city for distraction.
(b) She becomes depressed and ill.
(c) She spreads rumors about him.
(d) She throws herself into studies for escape.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the state of Vladimir and Olga's marriage at the time of the celebration?

2. Why does Vladimir Lensky want to meet Eugene Onegin?

3. What happens to interfere with the plans the new friends have made?

4. As winter falls and he is stuck indoors, what is Eugene's only source of pleasure?

5. What is the first thing Eugene Onegin gives up as he becomes depressed?

Short Essay Questions

1. What response does Eugene Onegin give Tatyana?

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

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

4. What chastisement does Eugene Onegin give Tatyana at the end of his response to her letter?

5. How does Eugene get along with his neighbors in the country?

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

8. Describe the character of Eugene Onegin.

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

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

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