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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 effect comes from having the railway closer to the estate?
(a) It will make selling the cherries more convenient.
(b) It will be easier to lease out summer cottages.
(c) It means that Lyubov can marry the stationmaster.
(d) It means that Gaev can travel to and from work.

2. What disgusts Firs about the guests in Act III?
(a) They are snobbish.
(b) They are not nobility.
(c) They don't tip.
(d) They are too rowdy.

3. At what time of day does Act II take place?
(a) Noon.
(b) Morning.
(c) Midnight.
(d) Dusk.

4. On what date is the estate to go up for auction?
(a) August 22.
(b) July 7.
(c) September 1.
(d) May 14.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lopakhin order the orchestra to do at the end of Act III?

2. How does Lopakhin feel about the outcome of the auction?

3. What is the plan for the cherry orchard at the end of Act III?

4. Why did Lyubov buy a villa?

5. To whom does Lyubov want Lopakhin to marry?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the relationship between Yasha and Dunyasha?

2. Who is Pishchik? How does he know the family? What request does he make to Lyubov repeatedly in Act II?

3. Who is the comic relief in the play? How does this play out?

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Who is involved in a "love triangle" in the play? How?

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