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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. Why is Treplieff's play so hard to act in?

2. What does Nina say Boris has been spoiled by?

3. Who is 55-years-old?

4. What does Shamraeff ask Jacob to do?

5. What does Masha say happiness does not depend on?

Short Essay Questions

1. What prompted Constantine to kill himself?

2. What does Nina tell Constantine?

3. How does Constantine's play open?

4. How does Boris react when Madame Arkadina says they leave?

5. Why does Peter think he must be gravely ill?

6. How does Madame Arkadina complement Nina?

7. How does Madame Arkadina react to the play?

8. Why are Simon and Yevgeny so poor?

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

10. What does Yevgeny tell Boris when he returns?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How has Madame Arkadina's tightness with money affected those close to her? Does Madame Arkadina have a responsibility to those close to her?

Essay Topic 2

Why do Simon and Masha get married if they are not both in love? In what way does Chekhov suggest that union could prove destructive? What effect could such marriage have on children?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Chekhov's life. In what way is his life and personality is reflected in the book? In what ways is he like or unlike the characters?

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