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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. What does Trofimov claim Lyubov's lover has done?
(a) Made her happy.
(b) Broken her heart.
(c) Given him money.
(d) Robbed her.

2. At the end of Act II, where does Anya go to avoid being found in the garden?
(a) Into the nursery.
(b) To the river.
(c) Into the orchard.
(d) Into the woods.

3. What is the setting for Act II?
(a) The ballroom.
(b) A meadow on the estate.
(c) The nursery.
(d) Lyubov's bedroom.

4. Trofimov suggests that Lyubov do what?
(a) Send for the Countess.
(b) Look truth in the eye.
(c) Go to Paris.
(d) Divide the cherry orchard into lots.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who dreams of entering a convent?

2. What purchases does Gaev have with him when he returns to the estate in Act III?

3. Which character wears all black?

4. What irritates Lyubov and Gaev upon their entrance in Act II, prompting them to send Yasha away?

5. What does the Stationmaster recite from in Act III?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Trofimov feel about the upper classes?

2. Does Firs have loyalty to the family? How do we know?

3. Who is Deriganov? How does he/she play into the plot?

4. What does Firs say in Act III about the guests at the estate? How are they different from the guests before?

5. What does Lyubov feel about her lover? How does she show her feelings?

6. What is the irony of the landowners in The Cherry Orchard?

7. Who performs magic tricks? What tricks does he/she perform? Where did he/she learn to perform them?

8. What is the emotional state of Lyubov at the beginning of Act III? Why?

9. Describe the setting of Act II. What characters are in the opening of the scene, and what are they doing?

10. Trofimov is a character who speaks about philosophical ideals throughout the play. What are the concepts and ideals that he speaks about?

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