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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which character says "I am beneath love"?
(a) Varya.
(b) Lyubov.
(c) Trofimov.
(d) Yepikhodov.

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

3. How much money does Pishchik need in order to pay his interest?
(a) 180 rubles.
(b) 300 rubles.
(c) 100 rubles.
(d) 420 rubles.

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

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

6. What does Dunyasha do repeatedly throughout the play?
(a) Sing.
(b) Serve tea.
(c) Dance.
(d) Powder her face.

7. Which character declares, "All of Russia is our orchard"?
(a) Varya.
(b) Charlotta.
(c) Trofimov.
(d) Lopakhin.

8. How much was the estate auctioned for?
(a) 10,000 rubles above mortgage.
(b) 200,000 rubles above the mortgage.
(c) 90,000 rubles above the mortgage.
(d) 5,000 rubles above the mortgage.

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

10. Who is mentioned as being "prepared to buy the estate" at auction?
(a) Lyubov.
(b) Lopakhin.
(c) Yasha.
(d) Deriganov.

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

12. What does the Stationmaster recite from in Act III?
(a) Marx's "Communist Manifesto."
(b) Tolstoy's "The Proud Man."
(c) Nietzche's "Good and Evil."
(d) Tolstoy's "The Sinner."

13. What language does Charlotta speak in Act III?
(a) German.
(b) Italian.
(c) French.
(d) Norweigan.

14. How much money does the Countess send to buy the estate?
(a) 15,000 rubles.
(b) 500,000 rubles.
(c) 10,000 rubles.
(d) 300,000 rubles.

15. Who is left in the drawing room at the end of Act III?
(a) Varya and Anya.
(b) Firs and Gaev.
(c) Varya and Pishchik.
(d) Lyubov and Anya.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who picks up the keys at the end of Act III?

2. What does Yasha ask of Lyubov in Act III?

3. Who says, "My father was a peasant, an idiot?"

4. What is Lyubov's reaction about the auction?

5. Who dreams of entering a convent?

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