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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 wears white throughout the play?
(a) Varya.
(b) Anya.
(c) Lyubov.
(d) Gaev.

2. Why does Lyubov call everyone inside at the end of Act II?
(a) It is almost suppertime.
(b) The ball is beginning.
(c) The Countess has arrived.
(d) It is time for tea.

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

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

5. Which character appears to be "man-crazy"?
(a) Dunyasha.
(b) Varya.
(c) Gaev.
(d) Firs.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character declares, "All of Russia is our orchard"?

2. What does Firs say happened just before "the troubles"?

3. In Act II, Lyubov details where she has been before the start of the play. Where does she say she has returned from?

4. What does Lopakhim want Lyubov to do with the estate?

5. Which character says, "We should stop admiring ourselves. We should just work, and that is all"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What is the relationship between Dunyasha and Yepikhodov?

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

7. Explain the argument between Lyubov and Trofimov in Act III.

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

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

10. What is the relationship between Yasha and Dunyasha?

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