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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Telegin points out that he still has __________ while his wife has nothing in her life and decisions.
(a) Pride.
(b) Love.
(c) Money.
(d) Peace.

4. ___________ tells Vanya he should spend more time creating harmony and reconciliation.
(a) Astrov.
(b) Telegin.
(c) Yelena.
(d) Marina.

5. The Professor believes that as he grows older he is becoming more ___________ to himself and to others.
(a) Stuffy.
(b) Offensive.
(c) Boring.
(d) Burdensome.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the country in which this play, "Uncle Vanya," is set?

3. _________ admits that he is a vile man, even more so when he is drunk.

4. Yelena says the reason she and Vanya are friends is because they are both very ________.

5. Who does the Professor think actually finds him the most offensive of anyone?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are some of the reasons Vanya gives for not being able to sleep at night?

2. What does Yelena say when Vanya comments that she staggers as she walks from sheer laziness?

3. What is the argument that Sonya gives to Vanya in order to encourage him to give back the morphine?

4. What has Vanya supposedly stolen from Astrov, according to Astrov's accusation?

5. Why are Sonya and Astrov out looking for Vanya at this point of the play?

6. Why does Vanya believe that he is a foolish man after the events of the previous scene?

7. What does the Professor tell Marina as soon as he walks into the house without being let inside?

8. Who comes into the house from the woods as Astrov, Marina, and Vanya all stand or sit in the main room?

9. What does Vanya tell everyone to do when he finally reenters the scene with Astrov?

10. What does Astrov admit to Yelena in reference to his feelings about Sonya when Yelena asks him?

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