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

2. Which of the following characters were designed as literary foils for each other?

3. What verdict did the neighbor's scrutiny have when it turned to Vladimir Lensky?

4. Which of the following does Eugene tell Tatyana in response to her letter?

5. Which of the following best describes Vladimir Lensky?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Eugene becomes tired of his social life and routine and falls into depression, what does he do?

2. Describe the character of Eugene Onegin.

3. What response does Eugene Onegin give Tatyana?

4. What is Eugene doing when the novel opens? How does he feel about it?

5. How do Tatyana's and her nurse's diagnosis of her sleeplessness and distraction differ?

6. At the end of chapter two, the narrator introduces one of the topics that relates back to his theme of cycles. What is it, and what event in the story brings it up?

7. What chastisement does Eugene Onegin give Tatyana at the end of his response to her letter?

8. Describe Vladimir Lensky.

9. There are two sets of literary foils, or opposites, that the reader is introduced to in the country. Who are the two sets and how are they opposites?

10. How do Eugene and the narrator differ about how they feel about the country? Why do you think the narrator tells us this?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Both of Tatyana's mother and nurse were married by an arranged marriage, and in the end Tatyana herself marries a man that her parents chose. Discuss arranged marriages.

Part 1. Many cultures have histories of arranged marriages. What are their benefits and downsides?

Part 2. How did the arranged marriage work out for Tatyana's mother? Was she better off than if she had married the dandy gambler she had fancied in her youth?

Part 3. If her parents had not pressured her, Tatyana would have stayed single after Eugene rejected her. Was she better off married to the good and powerful man that she married?

Part 4. Looking at both Tatyana and her mother from a societal view instead of a personal one, are they better contributing members of society in the roles their parents have chosen for them or in the roles they would have chosen for themselves? Is this important?

Essay Topic 2

The novel EUGENE ONEGIN has a theme of cycles that keeps coming up. Using passages from the book, discuss Pushkin's theme of cycles for each of the following topics.

Part 1. Generations

Part 2. Seasons

Part 3. Life and Death

Part 4. Passion

Essay Topic 3

Pushkin creates several literary foils for his main characters in the novel EUGENE ONEGIN. Discuss those foils and what they show us.

Part 1. Vladimir as a literary foil for Eugene.

Part 2. Olga as a literary foil for Tatyana.

Part 3. Onegin and Tatyana as literary foils for each other.

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