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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long has Lyubov been away?
(a) 10 years.
(b) 12 years.
(c) 7 years.
(d) 5 years.

2. What is Yepikhodov's nickname?
(a) The Servant Boy.
(b) Twenty-Two Calamities.
(c) Addlepate.
(d) Drunkska.

3. How old does Trofimov claim to be?
(a) Thirty-one.
(b) Twenty.
(c) Not yet 50.
(d) Not yet 30.

4. To whom does Dunyasha profess her love in Act II?
(a) Yepikhodov.
(b) Lopakhin.
(c) Gaev.
(d) Yasha.

5. What does Lyobov call Trofmiov that insults him, causing him to storm out in Act III?
(a) A monster.
(b) An ass.
(c) A jackal.
(d) An addlepate.

6. What do Lyubov and Varya mention in Act II that the peasants have been complaining about?
(a) The noise of the city.
(b) Being fed dried peas.
(c) Being overworked.
(d) Picking the cherries.

7. Who first says the orchard is sold today in Act III?
(a) Firs.
(b) A stranger in the kitchen.
(c) Gaev.
(d) Lyubov.

8. By how much does Deriganov keep raising at the auction?
(a) 15,000 rubles.
(b) 10,000 rubles.
(c) 5,000 rubles.
(d) 1,000 rubles.

9. What does Yepikhodov carry with him at all times?
(a) A cucumber.
(b) A revolver.
(c) A mandolin.
(d) A guitar.

10. What does Trofimov call Varya to tease her?
(a) A nun.
(b) Madame Lopakhin.
(c) Madame Ranevskaya.
(d) Madame Pishchik.

11. Who speaks to the bookshelf and to nature?
(a) Anya.
(b) Yepikhodov.
(c) Charlotta.
(d) Gaev.

12. What can Varya not live without?
(a) The cherry orchard.
(b) Love.
(c) Work.
(d) Anya.

13. What does Yepikhodov break in Act III?
(a) The bookcase.
(b) A billiard cue.
(c) A table.
(d) A billiard ball.

14. Why did Lyubov buy a villa?
(a) To take care of her lover who was ill.
(b) To give her daughter on her wedding day.
(c) To replace the estate.
(d) To rent it out for profit.

15. What does Lyubov accuse Trofimov of?
(a) Stealing money.
(b) Being too young to understand.
(c) Being too foolish in love.
(d) Breaking the billiard cue.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lyubov give to the stranger who passes through in Act II?

2. What effect comes from having the railway closer to the estate?

3. At what time of day does Act II take place?

4. Who picks up the keys at the end of Act III?

5. At the end of Act II, a distinctive sound is heard in the distance which the characters take note of. What sound is heard?

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