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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Trepleff say watches Nina closely?
(a) Her mother and stepfather.
(b) Her father and sister.
(c) Her brothers.
(d) Her cousins.

2. Who does Nina call a genius?
(a) Dorn.
(b) Treplieff.
(c) Sorin.
(d) Trigorin.

3. Why is Treplieff's play so hard to act in?
(a) It has to be performed in the dark.
(b) The dialogue is hard to speak.
(c) It has no living characters.
(d) It is cliched.

4. What does Sorin use to walk?
(a) A bannister.
(b) A walker.
(c) A cane.
(d) A plank.

5. What does Sorin say City streets are full of?
(a) Bicycles.
(b) Idiots.
(c) Cabs.
(d) Pretty girls.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Boris say he loves doing?

2. Where does Sorin say it is pleasanter to live?

3. Where did Sorin serve for 28 years?

4. What does Masha say has gone to sleep?

5. Who does Nina say writes beautiful stories?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Madame Arkadina react to the play?

2. What does Nina tell Constantine?

3. Why does Nina say she is nervous?

4. Why does Boris think being a writer is not easy?

5. Who is Boris Trigorin?

6. What do the people in the group talk about as they wait for the play to start?

7. What do Madame Arkadina and Constantine argue about?

8. What agreement do Simon and Masha come to?

9. Why does Peter think Constantine lives a lonely life?

10. What is the setting of the second act?

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