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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Tatyana like when we see her at the ball in the last chapter?
(a) A master of the most current fashion.
(b) Simple and straightforward, as always.
(c) Stately, respected, and admired by all.
(d) Pale, wan, and withdrawn.

2. Where was Vladimir Lensky buried?
(a) In his grand estate cemetery.
(b) None of the above.
(c) Beneath two pine trees near a creek.
(d) Where he fell.

3. How does the fight in Tatyana's dream between Eugene Onegin and Vladimir Lensky end?
(a) Onegin and Lensky kill each other.
(b) The bear returns and scares them all away and out of the hourse.
(c) Lensky rallies the monsters and they drive Onegin out.
(d) Onegin stabs Lensky with a knife.

4. What is the consequence to Eugene Onegin's letter to Tatyana?
(a) No response from Tatyana.
(b) At a casual encounter, she is cold and angry with him.
(c) All of the above.
(d) He writes more letters.

5. What does the wax in the water basin predict for Tatyana?
(a) That she has great power.
(b) That she will find true love.
(c) That she will soon lose someone she cares for.
(d) That she will be rich and famous.

6. In Moscow after being reunited with Tatyana, what does Eugene Onegin do?
(a) Falls hopelessly in love with her.
(b) He follows her around by day and dreams of her at night.
(c) All of the above.
(d) Becomes wan and sickly.

7. How does the flight from the bear end in Tatyana's dream?
(a) The bear chases her until she sees a hut, which she rushes into and closes the door in the bears face.
(b) She sees her father ahead and calls to him. Her father turns and scares the bear off.
(c) The bear is afraid and runs when Eugene Onegin suddenly appears in front of her.
(d) She falls, exhausted, and the bear carries her to a hut.

8. What possible futures does the narrator entertain that Vladimir Lensky might have had?
(a) A pillar of the locality or a miserable misunderstood artist.
(b) A great creator of truth or a provincial cuckold.
(c) A revolutionary leader and inspiring orator.
(d) All of the above.

9. Where do we first see Eugene again after Tatyana's trip to Moscow?
(a) In the crowd at a grand soiree.
(b) In Tatyana's heart in every face she sees.
(c) Alone in his cold and simple room.
(d) Returning from Paris a changed man.

10. What is Tatyana doing when she and Eugene are reunited at the end of the story?
(a) Writing a letter to Eugene.
(b) Leaving her husband.
(c) Returning Eugene's letter.
(d) Crying over Eugene's letters.

11. What homage is paid to Tatyana at her name day celebration?
(a) Lensky has written an extensive verse about Tatyana the he reads to the guests.
(b) People stand and share their fondest memories of Tatyana.
(c) Tatyana is asked to sit for portrait.
(d) A song taken from an almanac, but with the name replaced with Tatyana's.

12. How does Eugene Onegin feel about the situation in which he finds himself?
(a) He hates being at this sort of feast.
(b) He is angered by Tatyana's distress.
(c) He vows to take vengence on Lensky.
(d) All of the above.

13. What does Tatyana notice about all her relatives in Moscow?
(a) They haven't changed at all.
(b) They remember her more than she remembers them.
(c) They seem to pursue what they want.
(d) They are all so sophisticated.

14. What is the dinner party like that Eugene Onegin attends at the prince's house?
(a) A mockery of high society and fashion.
(b) A desperate superficial attempt to appear wealthy.
(c) The best of society with lively banter controlled by the regal hostess Tatyana.
(d) A stately dinner of politics and diplomacies beyond Tatyana's comprehension.

15. What does the terrifying bear in Tatyana's dream do first?
(a) Corners her and force her to flee across the bridge.
(b) Helps her over the perilous bridge by giving her his paw.
(c) Threatens to eat her.
(d) Cowers in fear when he sees her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What action does Eugene Onegin decide to do when Tatyana remains cold to him in Moscow?

2. In the spring after the winter that Vladimir Lensky died, what is the state of his grave?

3. What happens after the winter of Eugene and Tatyana's separation in Moscow?

4. What does the narrator mourn about Vladimir Lensky's premature death?

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

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