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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long ago does Gayev say the bookcase was made in Act I?
(a) 150 years ago.
(b) 50 years ago.
(c) 200 years ago.
(d) 100 years ago.

2. What does Trofimov say he will always be in Act I?
(a) A student.
(b) A poet.
(c) A lover.
(d) A cad.

3. What time is the train that Lopakhin is catching in Act I?
(a) 7:00.
(b) 5:00.
(c) 2:00.
(d) 4:00.

4. How many rubles per year does Lopakhin suggest Lyubov will make off rent with his plan in Act I?
(a) 10,000.
(b) 35,000.
(c) 200,000.
(d) 25,000.

5. What game does Gayev repeatedly talk about in the play?
(a) Poker.
(b) Billiards.
(c) Bridge.
(d) Dominos.

Short Answer Questions

1. How far is Lyubov's estate from the town?

2. What does Yepikhodov carry with him when he enters in Act I?

3. What color is Lyubov's bedroom?

4. At what time does Act I begin?

5. When did Anya and her mother depart from the estate?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Dunyasha's character. How does she dress? What is she constantly distracted by? Is she dedicated to her job?

2. Describe Gaev's character. Who is he/she related to in the play? How? What does this character do persistently that annoys the others?

3. Who is Charlotta? What is her position in the household? How is she described physically?

4. What happened to Lyubov's son? How does she feel about it?

5. Which character had a lover in Paris? What became of this situation?

6. What does Lopakhin suggest Lyubov and Gaev do with the estate? Why?

7. Describe the relationship between Varya and Lopakhin.

8. Who is the owner of the estate? What are the primary faults and/or character flaws of this character? Where has this character been prior to the beginning of the play? Why?

9. How is Varya's character unique in the play? What role does she fulfill in the household? What is her style of dress?

10. What events led to Lyubov leaving the estate? When did she leave?

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