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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. After Vladimir Lensky's death, how does Tatyana see Eugene Onegin?

2. Who calls on Eugene Onegin the morning after the name day celebration?

3. What is Tatyana like when we see her at the ball in the last chapter?

4. After the name day celebration, who is the one at the Larin household who can not sleep?

5. Where are Vladimir Lensky and Eugene Onegin seated at the dinner table?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Vladimir Lensky spend the night before the duel?

2. What does Tatyana look for and find in Eugene's books? How?

3. What does Tatyana say to Eugene as he kneels at her feet in her home in Moscow?

4. How does Tatyana feel about the prospect of going to Moscow?

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

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

7. What is the result of the Eugene Onegin's revenge at the name day celebration?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The narrator of EUGENE ONEGIN takes a long side tangent to discuss women's feet. Write an essay exploring this tangent of Pushkin's.

Part 1. What is the narrator's attachment to women's feet?

Part 2. What theme is the narrator developing with this tangent into women's feet? How?

Part 3. What does the narrator mean when he says that women's words and feet are both faithless?

Essay Topic 2

In the beginning of the final chapter the narrator discusses his muse, poetry.

Part 1. In the beginning, the narrator shows his muse, or poetry, to society for his benefit. He lives through his poetry for the social scene. What character does this parallel? What is the message Pushkin is trying to tell us with this parallel?

Part 2. The poet's muse outlasts society. He finds inspiration in all types of people and it leads him to Tatyana in a country garden. What do Tatyana and the poet's muse represent now?

Part 3. What is the message about art Pushkin is making with this tangent about his muse?

Essay Topic 3

Pushkin lived through a very interesting time in Russian history. Write an essay about the early 1800s in Russia, and the time that he lived in and the novel EUGENE ONEGIN took place in.

Part 1. What was the political situation of Russia in the early 1800s?

Part 2. How did the political climate affect Pushkin?

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