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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. 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."

2. What does Tatyana do when Eugene arrives at the Larin household.

3. What does Vladimir Lensky adore most about Olga?

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

5. What does Eugene Onegin think about as he travels to his ailing uncle's bedside?

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. Vladimir writes his poetry inspired by Olga, but rarely gets to read it to her because she doesn't read poetry. Who does the narrator confess he reads his poetry to?

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

4. What is the tone of the letter that Tatyana wrote to Eugene Onegin? What does she express?

5. How do the neighbors views of Eugene's refusal of Tatyana vary from the narrator's?

6. Who is Tatyana? What is she like?

7. Describe the character of Eugene Onegin.

8. How does Eugene Onegin respond when Vladimir Lensky invites him to come with him to Tatyana's name day celebration? What changes his mind?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The duel between Eugene and Vladimir is a defining moment in the story. Write about the duel in Eugene Onegin.

Part 1. What is the cause for the duel? Is it a valid reason or more perceived than real?

Part 2. What does his willingness to follow through with the duel tell us about Eugene?

Part 3. How do Vladimir and Eugene spend the night before the duel? What does this tell us about them?

Essay Topic 2

Tatyana's dream is rife with symbolism and foreshadowing. Discuss Tatyana's dream.

Part 1. Who is the bear?

Part 2. What is the party of monsters? What does it mean that Eugene is chief amongst the monsters?

Part 3. What is the symbolism of the end of Tatyana's dream - both the being taken by Eugene and by the fight?

Essay Topic 3

The narrator of EUGENE ONEGIN takes a long side tangent to discuss women's feet. Write an essay exploring this tangent of Pushkin's.

Part 1. What is the narrator's attachment to women's feet?

Part 2. What theme is the narrator developing with this tangent into women's feet? How?

Part 3. What does the narrator mean when he says that women's words and feet are both faithless?

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