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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. Who says, "My father was a peasant, an idiot?"
(a) Yasha.
(b) Lyubov.
(c) Lopakhin.
(d) Charlotta.

2. Which character says to Lyubov in Act III, "You still have your good, pure soul"?
(a) Anya.
(b) Lopakhin.
(c) Trofimov.
(d) Varya.

3. How does Lopakhin feel about the outcome of the auction?
(a) Jealous.
(b) Enraged.
(c) Overjoyed.
(d) Devastated.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How much was the estate auctioned for?

2. Who is playing guitar at the beginning of Act II?

3. Who speaks of "The Proud Man"?

4. What is Lyubov doing at the end of Act III?

5. What do Charlotta's parents do for a living?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Lopakhin suggest that Lyubov and Gaev do with the estate in Act II? What is their reaction?

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

5. What event is taking place in the beginning of Act III? What purpose does this event serve to the story?

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

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

8. Who buys the estate at auction? How did this come about?

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

10. What is the relationship between Dunyasha and Yepikhodov?

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