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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Solyony jokes that _______ is made of cockroaches.
(a) Liquor
(b) Children
(c) Literature
(d) The bread

2. Who becomes tearful by how old Vershinin looks?
(a) Olga
(b) Natasha
(c) Irina
(d) Masha

3. Masha suggests that which character is not well in the head, which is no surprise to the others or to the reader?
(a) Olga
(b) Andrei
(c) Irina
(d) Natasha

4. What is said to be far away, though no one knows why?
(a) The train station
(b) The church
(c) The post office
(d) The market

5. Which one of these characters is the Chairman of the District Council?
(a) Protopopov
(b) Chebutykin
(c) Andrei
(d) Tusenbach

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is gaining weight according to the observations of the other characters in the play?

2. Whose Saint's Day is it when the play begins, causing her to be the central focus of the scene at first?

3. Who is the 'lovesick major' the sisters used to tease with that nickname?

4. Who always brings extravagant presents for the sisters as he feels he loves them as much as their mother did?

5. Who gives Irina some crayons to play with, making her feel again like she is treated like a child?

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