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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. Where are Vladimir Lensky and Eugene Onegin seated at the dinner table?

2. After the name day celebration, who is the one at the Larin household who can not sleep?

3. What does Eugene Onegin do after the duel with Vladimir Lensky?

4. How did Lensky fall during the duel?

5. As Vladimir leaves the name day celebration, what is he thinking?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Eugene Onegin do after it is clear his letters make Tatyana angry? How are the two of them brought together again for their final conversation?

2. What does Tatyana say to Eugene as he kneels at her feet in her home in Moscow?

3. What happens up to and during the duel between Eugene Onegin and Vladimir Lensky once all parties have arrived?

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

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

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

7. How does Eugene feel about seeing Tatyana again in Moscow?

8. How does Eugene Onegin spend the night and early morning before the duel? Can anything be inferred from this?

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

10. 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?

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

Pushkin creates several literary foils for his main characters in the novel EUGENE ONEGIN. Discuss those foils and what they show us.

Part 1. Vladimir as a literary foil for Eugene.

Part 2. Olga as a literary foil for Tatyana.

Part 3. Onegin and Tatyana as literary foils for each other.

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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