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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the common complaint about Gaev?
(a) He drinks all the time.
(b) He talks too much.
(c) He is in love with the maid.
(d) He sings too much.

2. What does Trofimov do after storming out in Act III?
(a) He kisses Anya.
(b) He falls down the stairs.
(c) He breaks a billiards cue.
(d) He drowns.

3. How old does Trofimov claim to be?
(a) Thirty-one.
(b) Not yet 30.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Not yet 50.

4. What is heard at the beginning of Act III?
(a) A chorus of angels.
(b) A carriage arriving.
(c) A train in the distance.
(d) The Jewish band playing in the ballroom.

5. What is Lyubov's reaction about the auction?
(a) She jumps for joy.
(b) She laughs.
(c) She breaks down sobbing.
(d) She kisses Gaev.

6. What does Firs say happened just before "the troubles"?
(a) The slaves rioted.
(b) An owl hooted and the samovar hissed constantly.
(c) The train arrived in the station.
(d) A black carriage pulled up to the estate.

7. Whom does Varya accidentally strike with a stick in Act III?
(a) Lopakhin.
(b) Anya.
(c) Gaev.
(d) Yepikhodov.

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

9. What animal is Pishchik compared to in Act III?
(a) A cow.
(b) A horse.
(c) A bird.
(d) A donkey.

10. What is Yepikhodov's nickname?
(a) The Servant Boy.
(b) Addlepate.
(c) Drunkska.
(d) Twenty-Two Calamities.

11. Which character leads Lopakhin from the drawing room in Act III?
(a) Pishchik.
(b) Varya.
(c) Gaev.
(d) Lyobov.

12. Which character represents the rising middle class of turn-of-century Russia?
(a) Pishchik.
(b) Lopakhin.
(c) Lubyov.
(d) Gaev.

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

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

15. What did Firs say that the late master treated everyone with for illness?
(a) Champagne.
(b) Cod Liver oil.
(c) Sealing wax.
(d) Candy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who keeps sending telegrams to Lyubov?

2. What time does the auction end?

3. What disgusts Firs about the guests in Act III?

4. Who first says the orchard is sold today in Act III?

5. What Shakespearean play does Lopakhin quote to Varya after the passing of the stranger in Act II?

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