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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. How does the fight in Tatyana's dream between Eugene Onegin and Vladimir Lensky end?

2. What is Olga's future after losing Vladimir Lensky?

3. What does the narrator communicate about his muse?

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

5. How does the flight from the bear end in Tatyana's dream?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Olga after Vladimir Lensky's death?

2. What does Tatyana dream?

3. What is Eugene Onegin's reaction as soon as the duel is over?

4. What does Tatyana do when she sees Eugene Onegin again for the first time in Moscow?

5. How does Eugene feel about seeing Tatyana again in Moscow?

6. What does Eugene Onegin do after it is clear his letters make Tatyana angry? How are the two of them brought together again for their final conversation?

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

8. What do Tatyana's mother and her friends decide to do? Why?

9. 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?

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

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 narrator, who often refers to himself as the poet, plays with poetry throughout his own poem. Discuss the following topics, or any others, of Pushkins humorous and playful treatment of poetry throughout his poem.

Part 1. Vladimir is a poet but Eugene cannot write poetry.

Part 2. Vladimir writes insipid poetry the narrator is not fond of.

Part 3. The narrator is reduced to reading his poetry to ducks and scares them away when he does so.

Part 4. In his despair at the end of the story, Eugene nearly resorts to poetry.

Essay Topic 3

The narrator of the novel EUGENE ONEGIN is clearly adoring of his character Tatyana. Describe Tatyana.

Part 1. Describe the character Tatyana.

Part 2. How is Tatyana different than most girls that surround her?

Part 3. What trait of Tatyana's does the narrator make shine in her letter to Eugene Onegin?

Part 4. Does Tatyana change througout the course of the novel?

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