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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. How does Tatyana imagine herself and Eugene Onegin?

2. What was Tatyana most fond of growing up?

3. What brought Tatyana's mother relief from her sadness as she grew up?

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

5. What does the narrator say he will write a novel about?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Eugene becomes tired of his social life and routine and falls into depression, what does he do?

2. What does the nurse tell Tatyana of her own youth and marriage?

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

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

5. What response does Eugene Onegin give Tatyana?

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

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

8. What does the narrator think about Russian women who speak primarily French and only poor Russian and the movement to teach them better Russian?

9. How do Tatyana's and her nurse's diagnosis of her sleeplessness and distraction differ?

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The novel EUGENE ONEGIN has a theme of cycles that keeps coming up. Using passages from the book, discuss Pushkin's theme of cycles for each of the following topics.

Part 1. Generations

Part 2. Seasons

Part 3. Life and Death

Part 4. Passion

Essay Topic 2

EUGENE ONEGIN was written in verse reminiscent of sonnet form. Write an essay about Puskin's use of verse in EUGENE ONEGIN.

Part 1. What rhyme scheme does Pushkin use in EUGENE ONEGIN?

Part 2. What is iambic tetrameter?

Part 3. What effect does the verse achieve in the story of Eugene Onegin? How would the story have been different in prose?

Essay Topic 3

In the beginning of the final chapter the narrator discusses his muse, poetry.

Part 1. In the beginning, the narrator shows his muse, or poetry, to society for his benefit. He lives through his poetry for the social scene. What character does this parallel? What is the message Pushkin is trying to tell us with this parallel?

Part 2. The poet's muse outlasts society. He finds inspiration in all types of people and it leads him to Tatyana in a country garden. What do Tatyana and the poet's muse represent now?

Part 3. What is the message about art Pushkin is making with this tangent about his muse?

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