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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. How does Tatyana spend the summer before she travels to Moscow?
(a) Writing letters to her acquaintances so they will expect her.
(b) Walking in the country saying goodbye to the nature she loves.
(c) Gleaning news of Eugene Onegin's habits in Moscow.
(d) Trying to learn how to fit in once she arrives in Moscow.

2. How does Eugene Onegin spend his time before the duel?
(a) Trying to write a letter to Vladimir.
(b) Drinking.
(c) Asleep.
(d) Cursing himself to have let the situation come to this.

3. How does Tatyana fare in society in Moscow?
(a) All of the above.
(b) She misses her home in the country.
(c) She finds people trite, shallow, and dull.
(d) She attracts the attention of a powerful general.

4. What does the note from Vladimir Lensky to Eugene Onegin the day after the name day celebration contain?
(a) A tirade about Eugene's betrayal.
(b) A challenge to a duel.
(c) A chastisement of his behavior.
(d) A poem about Olga's faithlessness.

5. In the spring after the winter that Vladimir Lensky died, what is the state of his grave?
(a) The shepard is the only person that comes around.
(b) A wreath no longer hangs above it.
(c) The paths to it are all overgrown.
(d) All the above.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens shortly after Vladimir falls asleep the night before the duel?

2. How does the flight from the bear end in Tatyana's dream?

3. Which of the following comparisons can be made according to the story Eugene Onegin?

4. What does Eugene Onegin do after the duel with Vladimir Lensky?

5. After Vladimir Lensky's death, how does Tatyana see Eugene Onegin?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Tatyana dream?

2. 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?

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

4. After some time of Tatyana paying him no attention whatsoever in Moscow, what does Eugene Onegin do to get through to her? What is the result?

5. What does Tatyana look for and find in Eugene's books? How?

6. How does Tatyana feel about the local superstitions? What do they do for her?

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

8. What happens at dinner during Tatyana's name day celebration?

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

10. What revenge does Eugene Onegin take on Vladimir Lensky at Tatyana's name day celebration?

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