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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 is Lyubov's greatest flaw?
(a) Overeating.
(b) Drinking.
(c) Abusing the servants.
(d) Spending money recklessly.

2. What becomes of Lyubov's lover?
(a) He dies on the train.
(b) He leaves her for another woman.
(c) He marries her daughter.
(d) He inherits a fortune.

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

4. At the end of Act II, a distinctive sound is heard in the distance which the characters take note of. What sound is heard?
(a) The sound of a snapped string dying mournfully away.
(b) The sound of a carriage pulling up.
(c) The sound of church bells.
(d) The sound of a train.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Trofimov call Varya to tease her?

2. Who stands in the door to the drawing room at the end of Act III?

3. Why does Lyubov call everyone inside at the end of Act II?

4. Whom does Varya chase from the estate in Act III?

5. How does Lyubov's son die?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the emotional state of Lyubov at the end of Act III? Why?

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

3. What is the relationship between Dunyasha and Yepikhodov?

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

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

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

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

8. What are Lyubov's "sins," referred to by her in Act II?

9. How does Trofimov feel about the upper classes?

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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