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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. What was Eugene Onegin's reaction to Vladimir Lensky's death?

2. What happens shortly after Vladimir falls asleep the night before the duel?

3. How does Eugene react to an invitation by the prince to visit again the day after the ball?

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

5. Who does the narrator say speaks to us from the grave?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 2

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 3

In the beginning of the final chapter the narrator discusses his muse, poetry.

Part 1. In the beginning, the narrator shows his muse, or poetry, to society for his benefit. He lives through his poetry for the social scene. What character does this parallel? What is the message Pushkin is trying to tell us with this parallel?

Part 2. The poet's muse outlasts society. He finds inspiration in all types of people and it leads him to Tatyana in a country garden. What do Tatyana and the poet's muse represent now?

Part 3. What is the message about art Pushkin is making with this tangent about his muse?

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