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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the last name of the three sisters who are the title characters of this play?
(a) Prozokoff
(b) Pranatoff
(c) Prozoroff
(d) Protokovo

2. Who is the one sister who wouldn't be able to go back to Moscow?
(a) Masha
(b) Irina
(c) Olga
(d) Natasha

3. Who announces Vershinin's arrival into this second part of Act 1?
(a) Irina
(b) Natasha
(c) Olga
(d) Anfisa

4. Who announces they're staying to lunch when the arrival of another character occurs?
(a) Masha
(b) Olga
(c) Vershinin
(d) Andrei

5. How old is the character of Vershinin?
(a) 53
(b) 37
(c) 29
(d) 43

6. Who pours the tea when the samovar arrives?
(a) Natasha
(b) Masha
(c) Olga
(d) Anfisa

7. Natasha wonders if the mismatching clothes are some sort of __________.
(a) Omen
(b) Joke
(c) Blessing
(d) Warning

8. Who chatters about the Sunday day of rest, talking endlessly about what it should include?
(a) Andrei
(b) Natasha
(c) Vershinin
(d) Kulygin

9. To whom does Andrei propose marriage in the end of the scene, almost spontaneously?
(a) Irina
(b) Olga
(c) Natasha
(d) Anfisa

10. Which character says that teaching gives her headaches, becoming one of the many complaints this character has?
(a) Masha
(b) Irina
(c) Olga
(d) Natasha

11. Which of the women in the play describes herself as a little white bird?
(a) Irina
(b) Natasha
(c) Masha
(d) Olga

12. What does Andrei really want to do with his life? What is his current goal?
(a) Leave the country
(b) Get married
(c) Become a pianist
(d) Translate a book into English

13. Where does Irina now work as revealed at the start of Act 2?
(a) Telegraphy Office
(b) Teacher's Council Office
(c) She doesn't
(d) For the church

14. Who whistles quietly to herself as she reads during the opening part of the play?
(a) Irina
(b) Masha
(c) Natasha
(d) Olga

15. At what age did Masha marry Kulygin, according to the play?
(a) 18
(b) 16
(c) 22
(d) 14

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the gift that arrives for the sisters from the answer to #16?

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

3. Who does not like civilians, as she reiterates from a previous discussion?

4. Who gambles again with Andrei and causes him to lose money in the process?

5. Who plays the piano and entertains the others as a result?

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