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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the end of Act II, a distinctive sound is heard in the distance which the characters take note of. What sound is heard?
(a) The sound of a carriage pulling up.
(b) The sound of a train.
(c) The sound of a snapped string dying mournfully away.
(d) The sound of church bells.

2. What can Varya not live without?
(a) Anya.
(b) Work.
(c) Love.
(d) The cherry orchard.

3. Who comes to the orchard to look for Anya at the end of Act II?
(a) Firs.
(b) Varya.
(c) Dunyasha.
(d) Lyubov.

4. What has supposedly taken place at the beginning of Act III?
(a) The arrival of the Countess.
(b) The estate has been divided into summer cottages.
(c) The auction of the estate.
(d) The departure of Anya.

5. Whose arrival is Lyubov anxiously awaiting in Act III?
(a) Gaev's.
(b) Charlotta's.
(c) Anya's.
(d) Yepikhodov's.

Short Answer Questions

1. What becomes of Lyubov's lover?

2. Who performs magic tricks in Act III?

3. Who speaks of "The Proud Man"?

4. What does Charlotta say her dog eats in Act I?

5. How late was the arrival of the train that Lyubov and her entourage took home?

(see the answer key)

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