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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who wears white throughout the play?
(a) Lyubov.
(b) Gaev.
(c) Varya.
(d) Anya.

3. What did Lopakhin's father do to him when Lopakhin was a child?
(a) He fed him candies.
(b) He beat Lopakhin.
(c) He taught Lopakhin to become a banker.
(d) He gave him up for adoption.

4. Whose grandparents and parents are slaves on the estate?
(a) Varya's.
(b) Lyubov's.
(c) Lopakhin's.
(d) Charlotta's.

5. What purchases does Gaev have with him when he returns to the estate in Act III?
(a) Candy and cakes.
(b) Champagne and cognac.
(c) Fruits and vegetables.
(d) Herring and anchovies.

6. What does Lopakhin call Gaev when storming out from the garden in Act II, following their dispute about the estate?
(a) An old woman.
(b) A miser.
(c) A cheapskate.
(d) A scoundrel.

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

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

9. How many times does Varya say that Trofimov has been expelled from the university?
(a) Twice.
(b) Four times.
(c) Once.
(d) Three times.

10. Which character implies the precursor to socialist thought in Russia?
(a) Anya.
(b) Pishchik.
(c) Lyubov.
(d) Trofimov.

11. How old is Varya?
(a) 24.
(b) 17.
(c) 19.
(d) 32.

12. Which character says to Lyubov in Act III, "You still have your good, pure soul"?
(a) Trofimov.
(b) Anya.
(c) Lopakhin.
(d) Varya.

13. What does Gaev constantly eat?
(a) Dried herring.
(b) Cherries.
(c) Sunflower seeds.
(d) Candies.

14. Who dreams of entering a convent?
(a) Anya.
(b) Gaev.
(c) Yepikhodov.
(d) Varya.

15. Why does Lyubov call everyone inside at the end of Act II?
(a) It is time for tea.
(b) The ball is beginning.
(c) It is almost suppertime.
(d) The Countess has arrived.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what time of day does Act II take place?

2. Which character says, "We should stop admiring ourselves. We should just work, and that is all"?

3. By how much does Deriganov keep raising at the auction?

4. Who buys the cherry orchard at the auction?

5. What does Lopakhin order the orchestra to do at the end of Act III?

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