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

2. What does the nurse think of Tatyana when she sees her distracted and distraught?
(a) That she is worried for father's health.
(b) That she must be ill.
(c) That she loves the neighbor's son.
(d) That she has read too many romance novels.

3. What do Eugene Onegin and his new friend do together to alleviate their depression?
(a) Gamble.
(b) Fall in love.
(c) Dream of power.
(d) Hang out near the Neva river and talk.

4. What brought Tatyana's mother relief from her sadness as she grew up?
(a) A large and loving family.
(b) Time passing and the role of housewife.
(c) She met and married another man.
(d) None of the above.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What verdict did the neighbor's scrutiny have when it turned to Vladimir Lensky?

2. Who is the narrator referring to when he says Tatyana is "relying on a tyrant's honour, you've now resigned to him your fate."

3. Which of the following is true about Tatyana's nurse?

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

5. Between Tatyana and Olga, what does the narrator make clear?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Who is Tatyana? What is she like?

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

7. How does the narrator feel about women's feet and what does he say about them?

8. 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?

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

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

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