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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When do Eugene Onegin and Vladimir Lensky arrive at Tatyana's name day celebration?
(a) Partway through dinner.
(b) Just as Tatyana is sitting for her portrait.
(c) Just before the dancing starts.
(d) Before any other guests arrive.

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

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

5. How many people have come to celebrate Tatyana's name day celebration?
(a) Crowds and crowds of people show up.
(b) All the people Tatyana's age from their province.
(c) A small intimate circle that includes Lensky and Onegin.
(d) Only immediate family.

6. Who is the leader of the monsters in the house in Tatyana's dream?
(a) Tatyana.
(b) The bear.
(c) Her father.
(d) Eugene Onegin.

7. For what reason does Tatyana first go to Eugene Onegin's estate after he has gone?
(a) She has heard news he is returning.
(b) She goes to find out where he is.
(c) She is trying to understand his actions.
(d) She finds herself there one day while out walking.

8. What does the note from Vladimir Lensky to Eugene Onegin the day after the name day celebration contain?
(a) A chastisement of his behavior.
(b) A challenge to a duel.
(c) A poem about Olga's faithlessness.
(d) A tirade about Eugene's betrayal.

9. What action does Eugene Onegin decide to do when Tatyana remains cold to him in Moscow?
(a) Write a letter.
(b) Travel again to distract himself.
(c) Profess his love to her in person.
(d) Challenge the prince to a duel.

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

11. What is likely to have happened after the name day celebration had Zaretsky not intervened?
(a) The duel would not have been executed correctly according to tradition.
(b) Vladimir Lensky may have gone to murder Eugene that night.
(c) Vladimir Lensky would have confronted Olga before Eugene Onegin.
(d) The whole affair might have blown over without a duel after emotions cooled.

12. What does Tatyana do at the end of the story as Eugene kneels before her?
(a) Profess her continued love for him.
(b) Question his motives.
(c) Deliver a sermon to him much like the one he delivered to her when she was young.
(d) All the above.

13. When Tatyana flees from him, what does the bear in her dream do?
(a) Follows at her heels.
(b) Fall into the raging river.
(c) Turn into Eugene Onegin.
(d) Continually reappear in front of her.

14. What was Tatyana's response to meeting Eugene Onegin again at the ball after she is married?
(a) She became agitated and short with the people around her.
(b) She showed no emotion whatsoever about it.
(c) No one but Eugene could see her distress.
(d) She was nearly overwhelmed and turned pale.

15. How does Eugene feel about the arrangement with Vladimir when he has time to reflect?
(a) He is angry at Vladimir that it has come to this.
(b) None of the above.
(c) He regrets the role he played but thinks it is too late to change.
(d) He is fed up with the whole affair and contemplates leaving town.

Short Answer Questions

1. How successful is Tatyana with the conjuring to predict her future?

2. In Tatyana's dream, what starts the fight between Eugene Onegin and Vladimir Lensky?

3. What happens between Eugene Onegin and Tatyana during her name day feast?

4. What reason does the narrator find for sadness in spring?

5. Which of the following does Eugene do in the house in Tatyana's dream?

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