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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 Eugene Onegin think when he first sees Tatyana at a ball?
(a) He always knew she was meant for greater things.
(b) He must rescue her from her unhappiness.
(c) How could he not have seen her potential?
(d) Is it possible it's the same country girl?

2. What happens the first time that Tatyana goes to Eugene Onegin's estate after he has left?
(a) None of the above.
(b) The caretakers discover her rifling through the house.
(c) Tatyana sees there are no traces of Eugene left in the house.
(d) She breaks into the emptly house.

3. How does the fight in Tatyana's dream between Eugene Onegin and Vladimir Lensky end?
(a) The bear returns and scares them all away and out of the hourse.
(b) Lensky rallies the monsters and they drive Onegin out.
(c) Onegin and Lensky kill each other.
(d) Onegin stabs Lensky with a knife.

4. How does Eugene Onegin dancing with Olga end?
(a) Eugene and Olga retreat to the garden together.
(b) Eugene gets bored and Olga looks for Vladimir Lensky.
(c) Vladimir Lensky confronts them and makes a scene.
(d) Eugene and Olga end up fighting.

5. What does the narrator communicate about his muse?
(a) She comes and goes at will.
(b) She is a fickle and demanding mistress.
(c) She has thrived wherever he goes.
(d) She is constant and unchanging.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who travels with Tatyana to Moscow?

2. When Eugene Onegin and Tatyana are brought together in Moscow, what is the state of Tatyana's life?

3. What is the narrator's impression of winter in the country?

4. How does Vladimir Lensky spend the night before the duel?

5. How does Eugene Onegin feel about the situation in which he finds himself?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Eugene Onegin do after it is clear his letters make Tatyana angry? How are the two of them brought together again for their final conversation?

2. How does Vladimir Lensky spend the night before the duel?

3. How does Eugene Onegin agree to come to Tatyana's name day celebration?

4. What is the special "look" that Eugene gives Tatyana and how does it affect her?

5. How does Eugene feel about seeing Tatyana again in Moscow?

6. What does Tatyana say to Eugene as he kneels at her feet in her home in Moscow?

7. How does Tatyana feel about the prospect of going to Moscow?

8. How does Tatyana end up in Eugene Onegin's estate one day? What does Tatyana ask for?

9. After she arrived, what does Tatyana think of Moscow and being re-united with her relatives?

10. What does Tatyana dream?

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