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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which character wears all black?
(a) Yepikhodov.
(b) Varya.
(c) Lopakhin.
(d) Anya.

2. Who gets into an argument with Trofimov in Act II?
(a) Varya.
(b) Lyubov.
(c) Lopakhin.
(d) Anya.

3. Who is expected to propose to Varya?
(a) Trofimov.
(b) Lopakhin.
(c) Gaev.
(d) Yasha.

4. Which character says if the cherry orchard must be sold, "then sell me with it"?
(a) Lyubov.
(b) Varya.
(c) Anya.
(d) Pishchik.

5. What does Lyubov accuse Trofimov of?
(a) Being too foolish in love.
(b) Stealing money.
(c) Being too young to understand.
(d) Breaking the billiard cue.

6. Who is Varya afraid will "fall in love"?
(a) Lyubov and Firs.
(b) Anya and Trofimov.
(c) Lopakhim and Trofimov.
(d) Dunyasha and Pishchik.

7. What is Lyubov's greatest flaw?
(a) Abusing the servants.
(b) Drinking.
(c) Overeating.
(d) Spending money recklessly.

8. What does Firs refer to as "the troubles" during Act II?
(a) World War II.
(b) The onset of Communism.
(c) The Emancipation.
(d) World War I.

9. Who speaks of "The Proud Man"?
(a) Pishchik.
(b) Gaev.
(c) Anya.
(d) Trofimov.

10. Which character represents the dissolving upper class of turn-of-century Russia?
(a) Firs.
(b) Lopakhin.
(c) Lyubov.
(d) Varya.

11. In Act II, Lyubov details where she has been before the start of the play. Where does she say she has returned from?
(a) Moscow.
(b) London.
(c) Krakow.
(d) Paris.

12. What does Trofimov call Varya to tease her?
(a) A nun.
(b) Madame Lopakhin.
(c) Madame Ranevskaya.
(d) Madame Pishchik.

13. Which guests have arrived in the beginning of Act III?
(a) The Countess and Anya.
(b) Gaev and the Banker.
(c) The Stationmaster and the Post-Office Clerk.
(d) Lopakhin and Vershinen.

14. What becomes of Lyubov's lover?
(a) He dies on the train.
(b) He marries her daughter.
(c) He inherits a fortune.
(d) He leaves her for another woman.

15. Whom does Varya chase from the estate in Act III?
(a) Gaev.
(b) Yepikhodov.
(c) Lopakhin.
(d) Anya.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Stationmaster recite from in Act III?

2. On what date is the estate to go up for auction?

3. Who comes to the orchard to look for Anya at the end of Act II?

4. What language does Charlotta speak in Act III?

5. Where does the Countess live, who is mentioned by Gaev in Act II?

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