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

2. What is the dinner party like that Eugene Onegin attends at the prince's house?

3. How successful is Tatyana with the conjuring to predict her future?

4. What does Tatyana think of the way Eugene Onegin behaved with Olga at her name day celebration?

5. What happens between Eugene Onegin and Tatyana during her name day feast?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the character Zaretsky.

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

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

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

5. What does Tatyana look for and find in Eugene's books? How?

6. How does Tatyana feel about the local superstitions? What do they do for her?

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

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

9. Why is Eugene Onegin angry at Vladimir Lensky at the name day celebration?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The title character of EUGENE ONEGIN is a complex one that transcends time and location. Write an essay about Eugene Onegin.

Part 1. What makes Eugene Onegin unhappy?

Part 2. Do Eugene's actions accurately represent his personality?

Part 3. Why is the force of public opinion such a powerful motivator for Eugene?

Part 4. Do you know people like Eugene alive today?

Essay Topic 2

The narrator goes on a side tangent about Russian and French when he claims that Tatyana wrote her letter in French. Discuss Tatyana's supposed use of French for her letter.

Part 1. Why would Tatyana, a Russian girl, speak French better than Russian?

Part 2. Are there other places where French existed in a similar fashion to Russia? Can we see any remnants of that today?

Part 3. The narrator insinuates that some languages are better than others for expressing specific things - specifically he notes a love letter is most appropriate in French. Do you agree that different languages have different strengths and weaknesses in their ability to express different things? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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