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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. Who tells Kleshtch that Anna is dead?

2. Who shakes Kostilyoff violently?

3. Which character is wondering who beat him up the previous day?

4. Who is caught cheating at their game?

5. What does the writer say that the opening set is similar to?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Luka tell Anna about death?

2. What are the sounds that you hear coming from the first set before the dialogue begins?

3. What happened to Natasha, Vassilisa, and Pepel at the end of the play?

4. Who vows melodramatically to leave?

5. Bubnoff makes an analogy about Satine's story. What is the analogy?

6. What do Pepel, Bubnoff, and Kleshtch say about honor and conscience?

7. What is wrong with the Actor?

8. Where does Luka announce that he is leaving to, and why?

9. What is the Actor's viewpoint on the hospital with the cure during the fourth act?

10. What does Luka say about Nastya's story?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Kvashnya says, "That not for a hundred baked lobsters would she marry again" in the first act. She then is married by the fourth act. Why do you think that is? What are the contributing factors to her changing her mind? How do you think Kleshtch was able to foreshadow her marriage to Miedviedieff?

Essay Topic 2

Nastya's character is wrapped up in romance throughout the entire play. Write an essay discussing all of the ways the writer has Nastya display this.

Essay Topic 3

What is everyone's reaction to Anna's death? Compare and contrast what each of the characters' stances on these two points are.

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