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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 Eugene Onegin respond to Vladimir Lensky's note the day after Tanya's name day celebration?

2. Who visited Vladimir Lensky's grave?

3. What does the narrator mourn about Vladimir Lensky's premature death?

4. When Eugene Onegin and Tatyana are brought together in Moscow, what is the state of Tatyana's life?

5. Who notices the distress Tatyana feels at seeing Eugene Onegin again?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the result of the Eugene Onegin's revenge at the name day celebration?

2. What happens at dinner during Tatyana's name day celebration?

3. How does Eugene Onegin agree to come to Tatyana's name day celebration?

4. What revenge does Eugene Onegin take on Vladimir Lensky at Tatyana's name day celebration?

5. How does Tatyana end up in Eugene Onegin's estate one day? What does Tatyana ask for?

6. What is Vladimir's experience when he visits Olga the day after the name day celebration?

7. What is Eugene Onegin's reaction as soon as the duel is over?

8. How does Vladimir Lensky spend the night before the duel?

9. After some time of Tatyana paying him no attention whatsoever in Moscow, what does Eugene Onegin do to get through to her? What is the result?

10. What does Tatyana do when she sees Eugene Onegin again for the first time in Moscow?

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 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?

Essay Topic 3

At Tatyana's name-day celebration, there is much that happens on a superficial level. Discuss the symbolism and importance of the events of the name-day celebration.

Part 1. The celebration is supposedly all about Tatyana. In actuality, how much is truly about her?

Part 2. Eugene is the only person that notices Tatyana's distress. Why does he notice and no one else?

Part 3. Why does Eugene decide to take revenge on Vladimir, and what does he do? What does he miscalculate in his actions?

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