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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 does the terrifying bear in Tatyana's dream do first?

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

4. What was Tatyana's response to meeting Eugene Onegin again at the ball after she is married?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

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

5. What revenge does Eugene Onegin take on Vladimir Lensky at Tatyana's name day celebration?

6. What does Tatyana dream?

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

8. Describe the character Zaretsky.

9. How does Eugene Onegin feel about the duel after he has accepted the challenge?

10. Why is Eugene Onegin angry at Vladimir Lensky at the name day celebration?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The narrator goes on a side tangent about Russian and French when he claims that Tatyana wrote her letter in French. Discuss Tatyana's supposed use of French for her letter.

Part 1. Why would Tatyana, a Russian girl, speak French better than Russian?

Part 2. Are there other places where French existed in a similar fashion to Russia? Can we see any remnants of that today?

Part 3. The narrator insinuates that some languages are better than others for expressing specific things - specifically he notes a love letter is most appropriate in French. Do you agree that different languages have different strengths and weaknesses in their ability to express different things? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

When Tatyana and Eugene reunite in Moscow at the end of the story, their positions are very different. Discuss Eugene and Tatyana at the end of the story.

Part 1. Have Tatyana and Eugene changed by the end of the book? How?

Part 2. What are the dynamics between Tatyana and Eugene in Moscow?

Part 3. Why is Tatyana attractive to Eugene now? Does he really care for her or merely want what he can't have?

Part 4. How are Tatyana and Eugene still the same as they were in the country?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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