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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who visited Vladimir Lensky's grave?
(a) Olga, alone, would sit and cry there for hours.
(b) Tatyana would sit there and wonder about past events.
(c) Eugene Onegin.
(d) Two women who would hold each other and cry.

2. Who, according to the narrator, does Vladimir Lensky's tombstone still cause to tear up?
(a) Eugene Onegin.
(b) Olga.
(c) Passerbys that read the inscription.
(d) Tatyana.

3. When Eugene Onegin and Tatyana are brought together in Moscow, what is the state of Tatyana's life?
(a) She is married to a prince who adores her.
(b) She is a wealthy and powerful widow.
(c) She is married to a wealthy man who is an idiot.
(d) She is married to a drunk who does not appreciate her.

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

5. Why does Tatyana's mother decide they must go to Moscow?
(a) She knows Tatyana is waiting for Eugene Onegin to return.
(b) To try to get Tatyana out of her brooding and find her a husband.
(c) She thinks Tatyana can do better than the country suitors.
(d) None of the above.

Short Answer Questions

1. What homage is paid to Tatyana at her name day celebration?

2. What does the wax in the water basin predict for Tatyana?

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

4. Who is the leader of the monsters in the house in Tatyana's dream?

5. How does Eugene Onegin respond to Vladimir Lensky's note the day after Tanya's name day celebration?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Eugene Onegin agree to come to Tatyana's name day celebration?

2. How does Tatyana end up in Eugene Onegin's estate one day? What does Tatyana ask for?

3. How does the interactions between Eugene Onegin and Olga end at the name day celebration. What does Tatyana think?

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

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

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

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

8. After some time of Tatyana paying him no attention whatsoever in Moscow, what does Eugene Onegin do to get through to her? What is the result?

9. What happens up to and during the duel between Eugene Onegin and Vladimir Lensky once all parties have arrived?

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

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