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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. Which of the following best describes how the narrator describes Olga?

2. What is the narrator fond of writing in?

3. What was the state of Vladimir and Olga's marriage at the time of the celebration?

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

5. What does Olga think of Vladimir Lensky's poetry about her?

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

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

5. Describe Vladimir Lensky.

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

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

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

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

10. In chapter one the narrator is briefly a character in his own story. What interaction does the narrator have with Eugene?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 3

The narrator comments at one point in the novel that the heroes of novels were once consumed with a passion for the right and just, defeating vice and sin, but today novels glorify vices, and vampires and egotists become heroes.

Part 1. Pushkin wrote this comment in the early 1800s. Does it sound like something someone would say today? Where have you heard such accusations before?

Part 2. Give some examples of stories from today, that back up Pushkin's statement.

Part 3. What can be inferred from the timelessness of this statement?

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