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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has Sorin served as for 20 years?

2. What does Shamraeff ask Trigorin to send them to cheer them up?

3. What did Medviedenko think he heard in the theater the previous night?

4. What city does Sorin say he is going to?

5. How do Nina and Treplieff keep in contact?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the play's chronological setting.

What were the main concerns during the 1900s? How does the author express these concerns?

How would the author change the novel if it were set in today's society?

Essay Topic 2

Pick two characters from the play and discuss their goals and motives. Do they achieve their motive? Do they share similar goals and motives with other characters? Do their goals clash with other characters? How do the characters goals and motives affect their interaction with each other?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the values of the 1900s.

In what ways are the characters a product of their time?

How does the play express the changes Russian was going through at the time?

Does modern society share any values with 1900s Russia?

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