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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator say of the literature of his time?
(a) It makes vice attractive.
(b) That it used to be about honesty and virtue.
(c) It worships vampires.
(d) All of the above.

2. What did Eugene Onegin do that angered his new neighbors in the countryside?
(a) He does not address them with sufficient respect.
(b) All of the above.
(c) He institutes rent instead of unpaid labor from the peasants.
(d) He rides away whenever they come visit.

3. What is the narrator fond of writing in?
(a) Country girl's albums.
(b) Collections of the best poets.
(c) Yearly almanacs.
(d) Gorgeous albums stamped with gold.

4. What does Eugene Onegin think of the country?
(a) He feels at home and at peace.
(b) After two days he is bored with it.
(c) He pines for the grandeur of the city.
(d) He enjoys having an estate of his own to run.

5. Which of the following characters were designed as literary foils for each other?
(a) Eugene Onegin and Vladimir Lensky.
(b) Olga and her mother.
(c) Tatyana's father and Eugene Onegin.
(d) Eugene Onegin and his neighbors.

6. Which of the following best characterizes the presence of the narrator in the story EUGENE ONEGIN?
(a) Distant and preachy.
(b) Pivotal and active.
(c) Cold and distraught.
(d) Present and convivial.

7. What was Eugene Onegin's reaction to Tatyana's letter?
(a) He was moved for a moment to passion.
(b) He was uncomfortable with the innapropriateness of it.
(c) He laughed at it, thinking her simple.
(d) He considered making her his next conquest.

8. Who does Eugene Onegin befriend while he is depressed?
(a) The narrator.
(b) His uncle.
(c) A wealthy Frenchman.
(d) Tatyana.

9. What reason does the narrator give for detailing how differently he and Eugene Onegin feel about the country?
(a) None of the above.
(b) To offer two perspectives on beauty.
(c) To make it clear Onegin is not a self portrait.
(d) Everyone loves reading poetry about the countryside.

10. Which of the following does Eugene tell Tatyana in response to her letter?
(a) He does not love her.
(b) He is already sworn to another.
(c) None of the above.
(d) If he were inclined to marry, she would be his choice.

11. What does Eugene Onegin try to do to alleviate his depression? What is the result?
(a) He tries to borrow money, but is denied.
(b) He wants to travel, but his father won't let him.
(c) He proposes to a girl, but she rejects him.
(d) He tries to write, but cannot.

12. What was Tatyana most fond of growing up?
(a) Dark stories.
(b) Sewing.
(c) Playing with other girls.
(d) Learning city manners.

13. What does Eugene Onegin assume dinner at the Larin household will be like?
(a) Sincerely welcoming of guests.
(b) All of the above.
(c) Tedious and boring.
(d) A traditional Russian gathering.

14. How does Eugene come to feel about Vladimir Lensky?
(a) Eugene comes to hate Lensky for being happy.
(b) Eugene finds him trite and repetitive.
(c) Lensky's passion depresses Eugene.
(d) Eugene adores and respects him.

15. How does Vladimir Lensky feel about Olga?
(a) He finds her boring.
(b) He is timid around her and nervous.
(c) He loves her passionately.
(d) He finds her bossy and brazen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first thing Eugene Onegin gives up as he becomes depressed?

2. Which of the following is true about Tatyana's nurse?

3. What change came about Eugene Onegin as a young man?

4. What does the narrator want with the author of THE FEASTS?

5. What do Eugene Onegin and his new friend do together to alleviate their depression?

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