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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What reason does the narrator give for detailing how differently he and Eugene Onegin feel about the country?

2. What does the narrator take time from his story to praise?

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

4. What was Eugene Onegin especially good at as a young man?

5. What does the narrator confess to once having spent his last money on?

Short Essay Questions

1. There are two sets of literary foils, or opposites, that the reader is introduced to in the country. Who are the two sets and how are they opposites?

2. What is Eugene Onegin's first impression of both of the Larin sisters?

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

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

6. What response does Eugene Onegin give Tatyana?

7. What happens when Eugene arrives at his uncle's house?

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

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

10. Describe Vladimir Lensky.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

We don't see Eugene have any feelings other than boredom and irritation until the end of the story when he meets Tatyana in Moscow.

Part 1. Is Eugene really in love, or does he just want what he cannot have?

Part 2. Eugene reviews his life that winter he spends pining for Tatyana, is he finally actually experiencing past events or just wallowing in his own poor choices?

Part 3. Does knowing Tatyana help Eugene to become a better, deeper person?

Part 4. Would the change Eugene experiences in Moscow have happened if he had not rejected Tatyana?

Essay Topic 2

Pushkin lived through a very interesting time in Russian history. Write an essay about the early 1800s in Russia, and the time that he lived in and the novel EUGENE ONEGIN took place in.

Part 1. What was the political situation of Russia in the early 1800s?

Part 2. How did the political climate affect Pushkin?

Essay Topic 3

There's a lot to write about Alexander Pushkin. Write an essay about him. Make sure to include some information from all of the parts listed below, but emphasis can be put on any one or several of the parts.

Part 1. Heritage and life.

Part 2. Literary works.

Part 3. Political leaning and influence.

Part 4. Influence on literature.

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