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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 is the narrator fond of writing in?

2. What does the narrator find charming in women?

3. On a typical day, the young Eugene Onegin would....

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

5. What reason does the narrator give for his preference for Bordeaux?

Short Essay Questions

1. As Tatyana waits for an answer to her letter from Eugene, what does Vladimir Lensky tell them? What affect does this have on Tatyana?

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

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

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. 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?

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

7. How does the narrator feel about women's feet and what does he say about them?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Eugene's rejection of Tatyana in the garden was complex and it's consequences manifold. Write an essay about this pivotal interaction.

Part 1. Although Eugene was being honest to Tatyana, was he also being a coward? Did he miss his chance for salvation?

Part 2. Was Eugene correct in his foretelling of what their married life would be like? Could things have been different?

Part 3. In the end of the novel Tatyana admits she is unhappy in her position and still loves Eugene. Was his rejection of her in the garden ultimately to her benefit despite this?

Essay Topic 3

The narrator of the novel EUGENE ONEGIN is clearly adoring of his character Tatyana. Describe Tatyana.

Part 1. Describe the character Tatyana.

Part 2. How is Tatyana different than most girls that surround her?

Part 3. What trait of Tatyana's does the narrator make shine in her letter to Eugene Onegin?

Part 4. Does Tatyana change througout the course of the novel?

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