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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 the flight from the bear end in Tatyana's dream?

2. How did Lensky fall during the duel?

3. Where do Tatyana and her mother stay when they arrive in Moscow?

4. What does the terrifying bear in Tatyana's dream do first?

5. What homage is paid to Tatyana at her name day celebration?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Tatyana feel about the prospect of going to Moscow?

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

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

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

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

6. How has Tatyana changed when Eugene Onegin is reunited with her in Moscow?

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

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

9. How does Eugene Onegin feel about the duel after he has accepted the challenge?

10. What do Tatyana's mother and her friends decide to do? Why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

EUGENE ONEGIN was written in verse reminiscent of sonnet form. Write an essay about Puskin's use of verse in EUGENE ONEGIN.

Part 1. What rhyme scheme does Pushkin use in EUGENE ONEGIN?

Part 2. What is iambic tetrameter?

Part 3. What effect does the verse achieve in the story of Eugene Onegin? How would the story have been different in prose?

Essay Topic 2

Pushkin lived through a very interesting time in Russian history. Write an essay about the early 1800s in Russia, and the time that he lived in and the novel EUGENE ONEGIN took place in.

Part 1. What was the political situation of Russia in the early 1800s?

Part 2. How did the political climate affect Pushkin?

Essay Topic 3

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

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