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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 happens after Eugene Onegin is done responding to Tatyana's letter?

2. What does the narrator find charming in women?

3. How long has Vladimir Lensky known Olga?

4. What do the neighbors think of Eugene after he rejects Tatyana?

5. Why does Eugene Onegin decide to go with Vladimir Lensky to dinner at the Larin household?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What chastisement does Eugene Onegin give Tatyana at the end of his response to her letter?

3. What do Vladimir Lensky and Eugne Onegin discuss? What is their favorite topic?

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

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

6. Who is Vladimir in love with? What is she like?

7. What is Eugene doing when the novel opens? How does he feel about it?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

Both of Tatyana's mother and nurse were married by an arranged marriage, and in the end Tatyana herself marries a man that her parents chose. Discuss arranged marriages.

Part 1. Many cultures have histories of arranged marriages. What are their benefits and downsides?

Part 2. How did the arranged marriage work out for Tatyana's mother? Was she better off than if she had married the dandy gambler she had fancied in her youth?

Part 3. If her parents had not pressured her, Tatyana would have stayed single after Eugene rejected her. Was she better off married to the good and powerful man that she married?

Part 4. Looking at both Tatyana and her mother from a societal view instead of a personal one, are they better contributing members of society in the roles their parents have chosen for them or in the roles they would have chosen for themselves? Is this important?

Essay Topic 3

When Tatyana and Eugene reunite in Moscow at the end of the story, their positions are very different. Discuss Eugene and Tatyana at the end of the story.

Part 1. Have Tatyana and Eugene changed by the end of the book? How?

Part 2. What are the dynamics between Tatyana and Eugene in Moscow?

Part 3. Why is Tatyana attractive to Eugene now? Does he really care for her or merely want what he can't have?

Part 4. How are Tatyana and Eugene still the same as they were in the country?

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