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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character says, "We are above love"?

2. What disgusts Firs about the guests in Act III?

3. Who buys the cherry orchard at the auction?

4. What does Yepikhodov break in Act III?

5. How much money does Pishchik need in order to pay his interest?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is the relationship between Dunyasha and Yepikhodov?

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

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

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

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

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

9. How does Trofimov feel about the upper classes?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Chekhov use narrative and exposition within the play? How does this affect the dialogue and action? How is Chekhov's methods for exposition different than other playwrights or authors? Are there writers who use a similar style as Chekhov today?

Essay Topic 2

Do you think that Lyubov's actions have directly led to the consequences in the play? How have they or have they not? What other characters' actions or in-actions contribute to the outcome?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the concepts of realism versus romanticism in The Cherry Orchard. Which character(s) do you think are the most logical in the play? Which are the most illogical? How?

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