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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Vanya says that the __________ will bring everything in nature back to life, but won't revive him.
(a) Money.
(b) Storm.
(c) Baby.
(d) Estate.

2. Where does the Professor feel serious pain when he wakes up from his sleep?
(a) Elbow.
(b) Head.
(c) Leg.
(d) Stomach.

3. Yelena promises Sonya she really did marry the Professor for __________, in conflict with Sonya's suspicions.
(a) Companionship.
(b) Money.
(c) Partnership.
(d) Love.

4. Vanya believes that all of his feelings, including those he has for __________ are being wasted.
(a) Maria.
(b) Sonya.
(c) Yelena.
(d) Marina.

5. Astrov talks about whether people of today will be remembered, and Marina says that _______ will remember.
(a) She.
(b) God.
(c) No one.
(d) He.

6. What does Yelena notice as Vanya is talking so she sends him off to bed?
(a) It is very late.
(b) He is sick.
(c) She is not feeling very well.
(d) He is drunk.

7. What does Vanya come in to announce is going to happen during this second act?
(a) A new baby.
(b) A storm.
(c) A soldier visit.
(d) A tax audit.

8. ____________ once had an attack of conscience when he was operating on a patient, thinking that the patient's death was his fault.
(a) Vanya.
(b) The Professor.
(c) Telegin.
(d) Astrov.

9. Sonya talks about how Astrov feels that where __________ are well-tended, the people are more artisitic.
(a) Children.
(b) Museums.
(c) Books.
(d) Forests.

10. Where is the beginning of Act Two set as the play opens again?
(a) The bedroom.
(b) The office.
(c) Outside.
(d) The dining room.

11. Who asks Telegin to begin playing music, though he is quickly told not to by another character?
(a) Yelena.
(b) Astrov.
(c) Sonya.
(d) Vanya.

12. Vanya thinks the Professor writes books about _________ without knowing anything about it.
(a) Politics.
(b) Math.
(c) History.
(d) Art.

13. Sonya says that _____________ has been spoiled by women all of his life.
(a) Vanya.
(b) Telegin.
(c) The Professor.
(d) Astrov.

14. What does the Professor ask Sonya to pass him, after which he says she's given him the wrong stuff?
(a) Medicine.
(b) Journal.
(c) Newspaper.
(d) Book.

15. Who comes in to remind the Professor that he asked to see Astrov?
(a) Telegin.
(b) Sonya.
(c) Yelena.
(d) Marina.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Vanya's mother do as everyone else is talking during the scene after she enters?

2. Where does the Professor want Yelena to look for a particular book the following day?

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

4. What does the Professor think will happen if Vanya sits with him for a while?

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

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