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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the Countess live, who is mentioned by Gaev in Act II?
(a) Paris.
(b) Moscow.
(c) Poland.
(d) Yaroslav.

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

3. What does Lyubov drop from her handkerchief in Act III?
(a) A ruble.
(b) A billiard ball.
(c) A telegram.
(d) A feather.

4. What does Yepikhodov break in Act III?
(a) A table.
(b) The bookcase.
(c) A billiard cue.
(d) A billiard ball.

5. How long has Lyubov been away?
(a) 7 years.
(b) 5 years.
(c) 12 years.
(d) 10 years.

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

7. To whom does Lyubov want Lopakhin to marry?
(a) Gaev.
(b) Lyubov.
(c) Anya.
(d) Varya.

8. What do Lyubov and Varya mention in Act II that the peasants have been complaining about?
(a) Picking the cherries.
(b) The noise of the city.
(c) Being fed dried peas.
(d) Being overworked.

9. What does Anya suggest to Lyubov at the end of Act III?
(a) That they will live with the Countess.
(b) That they will plant a new orchard.
(c) That they will buy the estate.
(d) That they will sell the cherries.

10. 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 train.
(b) The sound of a snapped string dying mournfully away.
(c) The sound of a carriage pulling up.
(d) The sound of church bells.

11. To whom does Dunyasha profess her love in Act II?
(a) Yepikhodov.
(b) Gaev.
(c) Yasha.
(d) Lopakhin.

12. Who speaks to the bookshelf and to nature?
(a) Yepikhodov.
(b) Anya.
(c) Gaev.
(d) Charlotta.

13. Which character says, "Forward! We are moving irresistibly toward the bright star that burns in the distance!"?
(a) Varya.
(b) Trofimov.
(c) Lopakhin.
(d) Anya.

14. Who is always mumbling?
(a) Pishchik.
(b) Varya.
(c) Firs.
(d) Trofimov.

15. What do Charlotta's parents do for a living?
(a) Traveled and performed shows at fairs.
(b) They were merchants.
(c) Taught at a small school house.
(d) They were serfs.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Firs not go to bed in Act III?

3. What is heard at the beginning of Act III?

4. What does Lyobov call Trofmiov that insults him, causing him to storm out in Act III?

5. Which character represents the dissolving upper class of turn-of-century Russia?

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