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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. Which character has a dog?
(a) Firs.
(b) Anya.
(c) Charlotta.
(d) Lopakhin.

2. Who performs magic tricks in Act III?
(a) Charlotta.
(b) Lyubov.
(c) Trofimov.
(d) Anya.

3. 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 woods.
(d) Into the orchard.

4. What time does the auction end?
(a) 6 o'clock.
(b) 9 o'clock.
(c) 4 o'clock.
(d) 8 o'clock.

5. What does Lyubov say her husband died from?
(a) Smoking.
(b) Gambling.
(c) Drinking.
(d) Pneumonia.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is taking place at the beginning of Act III?

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

3. What does Dunyasha do repeatedly throughout the play?

4. What becomes of Lyubov's lover?

5. Who dreams of entering a convent?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Varya feel about Yepikhodov? What does she do to show her feelings?

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

3. What is the relationship between Dunyasha and Yepikhodov?

4. Who is the Countess? How does she play into the plot? Where does she live?

5. Which character is the most "socialist?" How?

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

7. What is the emotional state of Lopakhim in Act III? Why?

8. How does Trofimov feel about the upper classes?

9. Where do the telegrams arrive from? What do they say?

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

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