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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 characterizes Eugene Onegin when he lived in the country?

2. How does Eugene Onegin feel about the situation in which he finds himself?

3. How does Tatyana spend the summer before she travels to Moscow?

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

5. How does Eugene Onegin dancing with Olga end?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. After she arrived, what does Tatyana think of Moscow and being re-united with her relatives?

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

7. What happens to Olga after Vladimir Lensky's death?

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

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

10. What is the special "look" that Eugene gives Tatyana and how does it affect her?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There's a lot to write about Alexander Pushkin. Write an essay about him. Make sure to include some information from all of the parts listed below, but emphasis can be put on any one or several of the parts.

Part 1. Heritage and life.

Part 2. Literary works.

Part 3. Political leaning and influence.

Part 4. Influence on literature.

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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