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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sonya point out has gone cold on them as they were speaking?
(a) Tea.
(b) Evening.
(c) Dinner.
(d) Fire.

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

3. What is Marina knitting when the scene opens during the first act of the play?
(a) Pot holder.
(b) Sweater.
(c) Scarf.
(d) Stocking.

4. What is the country in which this play, "Uncle Vanya," is set?
(a) Japan.
(b) Russia.
(c) United States.
(d) China.

5. ___________ interrupts Astrov's speech by saying that he still uses wood in his outhouses and fireplaces.
(a) Sonya.
(b) Marina.
(c) Yelena.
(d) Vanya.

Short Answer Questions

1. Astrov becomes lost in a memory of the community in which there was an epidemic of ___________.

2. Yelena, it is said, married the Professor when he was already _________.

3. What does Astrov ask the worker to fetch for him before they head out the door?

4. ____________ once had an attack of conscience when he was operating on a patient, thinking that the patient's death was his fault.

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

(see the answer key)

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