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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Telegin sits next to Marina and talks about how happy he is because of _____________.
(a) A book.
(b) His new lover.
(c) An inheiritance he received.
(d) The good weather.

2. What does Vanya's mother do as everyone else is talking during the scene after she enters?
(a) Cleans up the table.
(b) Starts making dinner.
(c) Sits in a corner and reads.
(d) Begins to settle the accounts.

3. When Yelena talks to Vanya about his quarreling ways, he starts talks about her ___________.
(a) Feminine wiles.
(b) Ignorance.
(c) Superficiality.
(d) Laziness.

4. Yelena points out that __________ is obviously in love with Astrov, but she is too shy to talk to him about it.
(a) Maria.
(b) She.
(c) Marina.
(d) Sonya.

5. Sonya sends Marina off to deal with some of the _____________.
(a) Other men.
(b) The salespeople.
(c) Workers.
(d) Other servants.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sonya reveal that the Astrov does every year and that he has been recognized for doing?

2. Astrov talks about whether people of today will be remembered, and Marina says that _______ will remember.

3. _________ complains about how there is nothing else to talk about, nothing new to talk about.

4. Astrov reminds ___________ that he is there to see the Professor, who called for the doctor the day before.

5. Sonya talks about how Astrov feels that where __________ are well-tended, the people are more artisitic.

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