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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Charlotta say her dog eats in Act I?
(a) Potatoes.
(b) Steak.
(c) Nuts.
(d) Cat food.

2. What color is Anya's bedroom?
(a) White.
(b) Blue.
(c) Yellow.
(d) Green.

3. What is the brooch of that Anya wears home in Act I?
(a) A dog.
(b) A bee.
(c) A flower.
(d) A bird.

4. Where is Act I set?
(a) The dining-room.
(b) The parlor.
(c) Lyubov's office.
(d) The nursery.

5. What does Lyubov do with the telegrams she receives in Act I?
(a) She saves them in a drawer.
(b) She reads them.
(c) She throws them in the fireplace.
(d) She tears them up.

6. What does Dunyasha break when Yasha startles her in Act I?
(a) A mirror.
(b) A saucer.
(c) A vase.
(d) A bust.

7. Where does Anya say she does not want to go in Act I?
(a) Paris.
(b) Yaroslav.
(c) London.
(d) Moscow.

8. What does Lyubov reply when Pishchik asks if she ate frogs in France in Act I?
(a) She says she ate crocodiles.
(b) She says she ate accountants.
(c) She says she ate shark.
(d) She says she ate snails.

9. How late was the arrival of the train that Lyubov and her entourage took home?
(a) Two hours late.
(b) Six hours late.
(c) One hour late.
(d) Nine hours late.

10. What game does Gayev repeatedly talk about in the play?
(a) Billiards.
(b) Bridge.
(c) Poker.
(d) Dominos.

11. What does the person who takes Lyubov's pills in Act I do with them?
(a) Swallows them.
(b) Throws them in the fireplace.
(c) Stomps on them.
(d) Throws them out the door.

12. Who did Trofimov tutor?
(a) Grisha.
(b) Lyubov.
(c) Varya.
(d) Anya.

13. What does Dunyasha say they call Yepikhodov in Act I?
(a) Tha gallant jester.
(b) The horse jockey.
(c) Two-and-twenty troubles.
(d) The irrepressible intellect.

14. Who is the footman that Anya describes in Act I?
(a) Pischik.
(b) Firs.
(c) Trofimov.
(d) Yasha.

15. What color is Lyubov's bedroom?
(a) Blue.
(b) Violet.
(c) Green.
(d) Yellow.

Short Answer Questions

1. By what nickname does Yasha call Dunyasha in Act I?

2. Who attempts to kiss Charlotta's hand but is denied in Act I?

3. Who does Anya complain about doing tricks on the train journey in Act I?

4. How far is Lyubov's estate from the town?

5. What was Lopakhin doing before he fell asleep in the opening of Act I?

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